The post below (linked here) was a particular encouragement as I have been praying for so many friends who are waiting right now. Waiting for health issues to be resolved, waiting for family members to be saved, waiting for a "yes" or a "no" or any direction, waiting for a child, waiting for a job, waiting on God's hand to work on specific heart issues.
So wherever you are, take hope, God has His best for you. It may just look a little (or a lot) different from what you are expecting. His love for you is perfect!
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So, when He heard that Lazarus was ill, He stayed two days longer in the place where He was. Then after this He said to the disciples, ”Let us go to Judea again.”
John 11:5-7 ESV
(Thanks JimmyD for being available to God's work through you, specifically in my life. Love to your family!)The really remarkable thing is verse six. Now I don’t like to go around saying that translations are wrong, but sometimes translations are wrong. And in this case, just about all the translations are wrong. We read, verse 5, “Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So, when He heard that Lazarus was ill, He stayed two days longer in the place where He was.” But you know, the original is very strong. It [the word translated "so"] means “therefore.” Therefore when He heard Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was two more days. That’s what the original says. You can’t get away from it. Now, listen to the logic again: Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus, therefore, when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He stayed away two more days. In other words, the text is claiming that He shows His love by delay.
~ D. A. Carson in “A Day With Dr. Don: Session 3″
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