{"id":12317,"date":"2014-09-15T10:13:23","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T17:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=12317"},"modified":"2014-09-15T10:13:23","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T17:13:23","slug":"waiting-on-the-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=12317","title":{"rendered":"Waiting on the Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I found this in my drafts and decided to publish it. I&#8217;m not sure why I didn&#8217;t publish it at the time except that I might have felt someone would think it was about them. \u00c2\u00a0I can&#8217;t remember what triggered these thoughts or my desire to record them, but I can tell you this is Truth!<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>I am slow to speak. I am slow to act. But that doesn&#8217;t mean I don&#8217;t care.<\/p>\n<p>It means that I have learned that striving against the onslaught, against that moving car, will leave me broken and damaged.<\/p>\n<p>I know, to some, when I am choosing to give my concerns to the Lord and leave it there, they only see my inactivity. They have judged me for it and found me lacking. But I think it is much harder to see what is happening around me\u00c2\u00a0and trust that the Lord IS in control of it all. And, that all of it, good and bad, is for MY BEST. \u00c2\u00a0I am choosing to not run in twelve different directions and I am choosing to not argue with those who can&#8217;t be convinced. \u00c2\u00a0I am picking fewer and fewer battles and letting the Lord have more and more.<\/p>\n<p>I find comfort in these verses:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Psalm 46:10 &#8220;Be still, and know that I am God;\u00c2\u00a0I will be exalted\u00c2\u00a0among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Psalm 37:7 &#8220;Be still\u00c2\u00a0before the LORD and wait patiently\u00c2\u00a0for him; do not fret\u00c2\u00a0when men succeed in their ways,when they carry out their wicked schemes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Exodus 14:14 &#8220;The LORD will fight\u00c2\u00a0for you; you need only to be still.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Proverbs 20:22 &#8220;Do not say, &#8220;I&#8217;ll pay you back for this wrong!&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0Wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Psalm 130:5 &#8220;I wait for the LORD,\u00c2\u00a0my soul waits,\u00c2\u00a0and in his word\u00c2\u00a0I put my hope.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Micah 7:7 &#8220;But as for me, I watch\u00c2\u00a0in hope\u00c2\u00a0for the LORD, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear\u00c2\u00a0me.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=12317\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D12317&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=Waiting%20on%20the%20Lord\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=12317\" data-text=\"Waiting on the Lord\" data-via=\"Knitnmom\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"Waiting on the Lord\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=12317\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=12317\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Waiting%20on%20the%20Lord&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D12317&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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