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What Are We Waiting On?




"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." - II Peter 3:9
Dear Friends,  

 Has God done anything for you within the last 24 hours?  Have you been able to see anything through your eyes?  Have you heard anything with your ears?   Have you touched or been touched by anything or anyone?  Have you been able to stand up or sit down?  Are you awake? 

 The list of questions are those I ask myself on days when the enemy is attempting to throw a net of despair over my mind.  Sometimes I do not have to recite the whole list.  Other times I do.  The list is a wake up call.  I move from the questions to  the "Thank you Lords!"  I thank you Lord that I can see.  I thank you Lord that I am able to  hear. I thank you Lord for the ability to feel.

 Now let me pause a minute... This does not mean I like everything I hear...see or feel.  The point is I am still alive to experience the goodness of God.  He has allowed me to keep living and as a Christian the list is a reminder that He has given me another opportunity to live and to serve as my husband often says in his prayers.

 God is longsuffering.  God keeps His promises.  He wants us to have an abundant life.  The overflow of that abundance is our witness for Him. It is telling others about the salvation that is available in Jesus Christ. It is the good news to be shared. 

 One songwriter put it this way: "Said I wasn't gonna tell nobody what the Lord has done for me...You ought have been there when He saved my soul. You ought have been there when He made me whole."

 The time is now to count our blessing and recount them by sharing our testimony with others and sharing the love of Christ at every opportunity.

 What time is it?  The time is NOW!  What are we waiting on.

 "And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed." - Romans 13:11

 in Christ,

 Sis. Stephanie








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