Monday, December 3, 2012

Dearest God,

Throughout the ages you have taught your people the value of waiting.  When the blessing comes immediately we miss life lessons you want to teach us and the gifts that follow.

We prayed for the young couple to conceive their first child.  As a Sunday School class we held hands and prayed.  Within weeks she was pregnant with three babies.  Tragically eight months later I was with them when each baby died.  Their anguish and sorrow was deep.

It was a few years later when they discovered she was pregnant again.  They sang your praise and remembered each of their babies.  When she had her first labor pain, they called me so we could be together to celebrate.  The baby girl was delivered just minutes before I arrived.  When I walked in the room, the nurse put the baby in my arms.  We all wept and prayed thanking you for patience, mercy, compassion, love, and faith.

Now twenty years later she is still celebrating your goodness as she became a child advocate through the court system.  She is now reaching out to other children knowing each child needs someone to love them and to care for their needs.  Kim's waiting time is over as she helps one child after another offering to other children the tender care you gave her.  Along with being a minister to children, she is passing along the good news of your kindness, teaching others the value of trusting you in every situation in life.

O God,
Giver of All Good Things,
we marvel
at the
life lessons
you teach us.
Thank you
for times
of waiting
that lead us
to trust you,
to walk
with you,
and to learn
the lessons
you want
to provide.
Thank you
for love
that never
needs waiting.

Love, Andrea