Waiting is Hard – Good, but Hard

Help me seek you, God

True confessions: I’m super not good at waiting. Seriously. I want it now. I don’t mean the Christmas presents can’t wait or the birthday (November 10, if anyone’s interested) presents or the other fun things in life – I mean the relationship stuff. The conflict. The questions. The changes. I hated when I found a note in my teacher box from the principal: “I need to speak with you after school today.” What?? No! Cancel my classes and get a sub and meet with me this very second. The not knowing. The loooong waiting. No. Nope. Nuh-uh…Just let’s get to it. So, here we are in Ruth’s story and she has to wait to find out if some other guy is going to honor the cultural custom and take her on as his wife or if she gets the tall, dark, handsome, love of her life, Mr. Beau…er…I mean, Mr. Boaz.

Honestly, if I were Ruth and I had all my hopes and dreams waiting on this one scene I’d have jumped up and found that guy that night and gotten it over with!

But, noooo. Ruth. Sweet, brave, bold, faithful and fearless, Ruth somehow musters the grace and patience to wait until morning to find out her fate. Sigh.

Lord, help me to seek you and to wait for you.

Thank you for your loving-kindness to Ruth and the tender reminder to me that you do have my best at heart and I can truly trust and obey and wait on your perfect timing.

This is an excerpt from “Faithful & Fearless” from the Dwelling Richly Bible study series. Listen to the Dwelling Richly podcast anywhere you enjoy podcasts (YouTube, Spotify, Apple, etc.) or right here

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