Waiting
- Luci
- Aug 13
- 1 min read
This week, life has been heavy for some people I love.
The kind of heavy that makes your chest ache when you think about them.
My prayer life has been in overdrive.
I can’t fix what they are walking through.
I can’t make it better, no matter how much I wish I could.
But I can pray. I can check in. I can speak encouragement. I can remind them they are not alone.
Do they all feel comforted? Maybe.
Does my concern change their circumstances? No.
Does God hear my prayers? Always.
So, I keep bringing their names to Him.
Some days I run out of words and simply sit there, letting their names rest on my lips, trusting He already knows the rest.
And while we wait together in this in-between, I will keep praying.
And I will keep trusting that one day we will look back and see the ways He was moving all along.
"Does your concern change their circumstances? No." I can't argue with the logic of that conclusion. I would offer, however, that their KNOWLEDGE of your concern can change their mindset. Can provide some comfort. Can provide some hope. Can perhaps provide a flicker of light in the darkness. It's not always in our power to change another's circumstances, but if our expression of concern can allow them to find that glimmer of hope, where before there was none, perhaps we can change their vision of their circumstances for the better?