You Can Wait Because
God Is Worth It Demi-Leigh Tebow
Wait for the Lord; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the Lord. PSALM 27:14( NASB)
After relinquishing my Miss Universe crown to the next winner, I entered a brutal waiting period. I had no idea what to do next. So much of my life up to that point had been about pageant competitions, and now that it was over, life felt hard, confusing, and out of sync. I didn’ t know where to live—¬ not just which city, but even which continent. I thought about moving from New York back to South Africa to be with my family, but Tim was in the States, and I didn’ t want to be that far away from him. With all these unknowns and my identity shifting, I constantly questioned my life’ s purpose and felt stuck. Even small successes required a huge effort. I had few friends nearby, and Tim was playing baseball hours away, which made the world feel quite lonely. This gave me little energy to plan my future. Needless to say, I was waiting for change, but I wasn’ t seeing it.
Maybe you can relate. Have you ever been in a season where you didn’ t have clarity on what to do? Or did you want something so badly but never seemed to get any closer to having it? It’ s frustrating and certainly can create anxiety, questions, and discontent. Most of my life I’ ve viewed waiting as a negative word. It feels unproductive and like nothing is happening. There are often more questions than answers, and those periods seem to last forever. But I’ ve discovered that waiting can be a good thing. There are benefits to waiting. Often, it’ s an opportunity to see life on God’ s terms. Let’ s look at it differently: What if waiting is an invitation to experience God more deeply?
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