"Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying." Romans 12:12
I have discovered Rome. In case you weren't aware, it's apparently this really cool ancient city, where lots of nifty history comes from. According to the apostle Paul, there was a really fantastic group of believers there too! I mean, what's not to like about this place? I wonder if I can go visit...oh wait, I have a reality that I'm presently attached to. Whoops!
Anyways, Romans 12 has been my chapter. I've been captivated by it, enraptured with it, and just absolutely cannot read anything else in the entire Word right now! And for today, because it has been one big crazy snow-covered exhausting day, I am fixating on this verse. Romans 12:12.
Our confident hope. The wonderful news that Christ brought when He was born in the manger, and told throughout His life on earth, and then made true for each and every one of us when He died and rose again. The sacrifice that He made of His glorious self, the beauty that He was, the true love that He represented, and the sins that He atoned for. It is truly incomprehensible.
Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying. Because God is going to come through. He is going to do it in His time, and in His way, but His way is so much better, so infinitely wise and just, so great and marvelous, that you're going to wonder why you even have a brain and not just a large puppet-string contraption attached to this Awesome Creator Redeemer Savior Father and Friend that is watching over you. Keep on praying while you're waiting too. Show your Lord, and others around you, that you have faith in your God, and you just know that He is going to carry you through whatever storm you're going through. Talk to God, tell Him what your fears are, what is troubling your heart, and He will not only listen to your prayers, He'll answer them in an even bigger way than you could have ever fathomed. But, in the process, while you're doing all this praying and talking to Him, you might just get a little bit closer to Him. You might develop a conversational friendship with the God that made the heavens and the hairs on your head. And being close with God, knowing Him and feeling His love surround you, is something that may just make you forget what it was that you were praying so hard for anyways.
Hey now, this is my desire, consume me like a fire, cause I just want something beautiful.
To touch me, to know that I'm in reach, I'm waiting for,
something beautiful.
Something like You Lord.
