Posts tagged Waiting on God

Waiting on God for a Baby

t has been a difficult and rather humbling year. After quickly getting pregnant with our first and second child, waiting almost two years to become pregnant this time… well it felt like a very long time. I know it may not seem like a long time compared to those who have been in a season of waiting for many years, but it was still a season in which I struggled and questioned God at times. The longer time went by, the more I felt that God surely was closing this door for us to grow our family. This season of waiting tested my faith.

Carolina BriggsAugust 21, 2018Infertility, Waiting on God, Answered Prayer, Trials

Jesus- True and Better in the Waiting

When I don’t know what to say and I can’t understand why God is allowing or isn’t allowing things, it’s a knee jerk sort of response to turn it on myself for a minute. Do I, or do I not deserve this? Have I not done enough right things? Have I done too many wrong things? Do I deserve reward or punishment? Too many of us wonder this when tires blow out or things fail. Me. What could I have done? How do I measure up?

But speaking the gospel into the broken places of my life means turning the focus from me to Jesus. It’s asking myself,

Laura DiLeonardiJuly 25, 201824/7 Gospel, Jesus, Devo, Waiting on God