waiting... with thanks...

Unknowns... they create a challenge for me... stir anxiety... make faith feel weak...

Again... I turn to reminders... from His Word...

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.

His love endures forever.

Psalm 136:1

Because He is good...

Because He is motivated by love...

We can give thanks... live thank-fully... in the waiting... amidst unknowns...

Our connected culture... the one that strives to be risk free... decreases our ability to wait... increases insecurity in the unknown...

Cell phones with instant connection to loved ones far away... and text (even more instant and reliable... so I hear)... imparts a sense of control... security... 

Our connection... decreases opportunities to exercise faith... trust in Him... in the unknowns... because the unknowns are decreased...

Imagine travel... during Jesus's day... no way to contact family while on a trip... no way to know if loved ones survived the travel... except through letters... delivered by hand... or word of mouth... from other fellow travelers... or until they did return...

Prayer was certainly greater in that day... seeking... trusting... God... and His goodness... there would be no other way...

For all our seeming self-sufficiency... we are fragile... dependent... solely on Him... 

In the unknowns... in the realization of our helplessness... we need to recognize the opportunity to exercise faith... give thanks... that He is GOOD... overflowing... with... EVERLASTING LOVE... 

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.

2 Corinthians 4:7

Take time to embrace the unknowns in your life...

acknowledge your dependence on God...

thank Him... for His love...

praise Him... for He is good...