The flip side of trust

Got trust? Great! Me, too! Trust in the Lord. But I'm learning ~ isn't there always something more to learn? ~ that there's a flip side to trust that may be harder than the trusting. The other side of the trust coin is wait.

For me, trusting isn't difficult. God gave me a trusting nature. I trust everyone until they give me a reason not to. I know that's not true for many who find trusting a very difficult thing to do.

And that's even true when it comes to the waiting if I'm waiting on the Lord. But!! Waiting on the Lord often involves waiting on people. That's where I have a problem. (Acknowlege - confess) I gladly wait on you, Lord, but I don't want to wait on Jim, Mike, Dan, Sandy, Doug ~ and the others you've put on my trust path! You're dependable; they may be dependable but they're too busy to do what I'm waiting for. You're never on overload; they've said yes to one too many people ~ and I'm the last one on the list. You're . . .

So, are you going to trust me, or not? If it means I have to wait another week? Well, truthfully, I don't want to. I want to take things in my own hands and just do it!

Wait on the Lord; don't give up hope. I repeat~ wait on the Lord. Wait on Jim; don't give up hope. I repeat! Wait on Jim and Mike and Dan and Sandy and....