While Waiting

There’s something that I want my husband to do.  It is something that I know will help us both spiritually and mentally.  The best way for a wife to handle a desire is to pray for it to happen.  Men do not respond well to nagging.  I knew that with head knowledge before I got married, and I know that with experience after being married. 

Waiting while praying is really difficult.  I can see God clearly in my desire that it is a pure, good thing.  Jesus factually promised “Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.”  One thing from my childhood God has created anew in me is a pure heart.  So I have a heart that wants to see godly things come to pass.  This is something that without a doubt will be a godly thing, I can see that and know that from a pure heart.

Waiting while doing good works is what I should do until the desire is fulfilled.  This would be difficult if I did not have faith.  Sometimes all faith is is a little effort.  Faith without works is dead.  Sometimes all faith is is a little confidence.  Don’t be afraid to try ‘cause you shouldn’t be afraid to fail.  Sometimes all faith takes is a little bit of responsibility.  And responsibility is responding well to what you have failed with and been corrected with. 

It’s difficult to respond well to failure, but when I do, Jesus will comfort me because another promise He made is “Blessed are those that mourn, for they shall be comforted.”  Pray and try while waiting.  At failure, respond well and allow God to comfort you.  It’s a good lesson to teach my children by example and by instruction when they are old enough to hear it.