{"id":3080,"date":"2017-09-27T11:36:48","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T15:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etheriedge.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/27\/waiting-until-you-want-to-scream\/"},"modified":"2020-12-23T17:28:55","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T22:28:55","slug":"waiting-until-you-want-to-scream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2017\/09\/27\/waiting-until-you-want-to-scream\/","title":{"rendered":"Waiting -until you want to scream!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Asking God for something, or someone&#8230; <i>some<\/i> action on this situation &#8230;please!!! Waiting to see the <em>needle move<\/em> in a positive direction or any ray of hope can be such a drain. Been there? Me too! <b>Ahhhh<\/b>. Yes, I get frustrated. Yes, I feel some days I could scream.<\/p>\n<p>No matter the need, holding on is never easy. Even though I&#8217;ve read how the Old Testament prophets waited a\u00a0<b>lifetime<\/b>\u00a0for God&#8217;s words to come true. They believed though they did not see, and trusted God to bring it all to pass. To me\u00a0<b>months<\/b>\u00a0have felt excruciating and years endless! How much longer, LORD?<\/p>\n<p>Personal encouragement came today as I was running through my neighborhood, praying. A yard sign read:\u00a0<em><strong>&#8220;This Could Be The One.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> &#8230;&#8221;<i>What does that mean, Lord?&#8221; <\/i><i><b>&#8230;&#8221;This could be The Day, Anna! This could be The Day they open their eyes and see My salvation, find My freedom &#8211; for themselves! So don&#8217;t lose hope, rejoice and be glad because I have made it.&#8221;<\/b> <\/i><\/p>\n<p>Wow. I stopped and quietly cried. What a beautiful promise to remember. There is always hope &#8211; today could be the one! Either way,He thought of, planned out and created <em>this<\/em> very day to show someone, <em>any and all willing<\/em> the shear joy of communing with Him.<\/p>\n<p>In many ways, <strong>God waits <em>with me<\/em><\/strong><em>,<\/em> especially in matters of the heart and will.\u00a0<b>He longs <em>with me<\/em> to see change.\u00a0<\/b>His desire is\u00a0for us to come to the saving knowledge of Jesus.\u00a0God definitely wins the prize on waiting the longest! What an amazing Father we have\u00a0&#x2764;&#xfe0f;<\/p>\n<p><b><i>\u201cThis is from the LORD and is His doing; It is marvelous in our eyes. This [day in which God has saved me] is the day which the LORD has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it.\u201d\u202d\u202d <\/i><\/b>PSALM\u202c \u202d118:23-24\u202c \u202d<\/p>\n<p><b>ForGlorySake! &#8211;<\/b><i>Anna<\/i><i><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_6954.jpg?resize=640%2C536&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_6954.jpg?resize=1024%2C858&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_6954.jpg?resize=300%2C251&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_6954.jpg?resize=768%2C644&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_6954.jpg?resize=1568%2C1314&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_6954.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_6954.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Hope!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asking God for something, or someone&#8230; some action on this situation &#8230;please!!! 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