“Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.” (Psalm 27:14)

I have been a bit out of pocket lately. The truth is I have been going from appointment to appointment and in between handling a lot of ministry things. I’ve been doing this with a pain in my hip that makes it difficult to walk at times. Even now, I am being told to trust the process. The process has involved a doctor’s visit, medications, physical therapy, a return visit and now I am waiting for an MRI and follow-up referral visits. It’s frustrating and at times it seems like no one is listening and at other times like everyone is listening but giving me a wide variety of possibilities for a diagnosis. All the while, I am limping along, trying my best to put my best foot forward (literally). So when my doctor said, “It’s a process and the process takes time”, I was reminded that the Spirit had spoken the same thing to me from the outset.

I was walking through my house one day, looked up and saw the antique clock on the shelf. It was part of my dad’s collection and one that he had intended to repair but never got around to before he passed away. It reminded me that sometimes the process feels like time is standing still. The clock also reminded me that though it is old, with the right parts and the right person working on it, it can work again. This body has some age and mileage on it; it’s just taking time to find the right parts and the right person to get her back up and running again.

Waiting on the Lord, can feel like time is standing still. Waiting on the Lord can feel like things aren’t happening or working. Those are just feelings. The reality is that sometimes waiting on the Lord is just what I need to be strengthened, to be restored, repurposed, repositioned, or renewed to complete His will for my life. I am believing that if I trust the process, I will come out on the other side better in some way. It may not be that I will have a stronger body, but I will have a stronger faith and/or a closer relationship with Him.

The clock may not get repaired, but I treasure it so I take care of it. I dust it regularly, I am careful in handling it, I keep it out of the way so that it doesn’t get knocked over. My next appointments are in a few weeks. Until then, I will continue to take care of this body the best that I can. I will make sure that it doesn’t get knocked around too much and let it rest. I have decided to trust the process, even if it feels like time is standing still.