Waiting Is Hard Work

We thought the gathering up of all our financial records was a burden. We thought being poked and prodded by our physician was painful. We thought notarizing and re-notarizing and apostilling was a bear. Driving to the city, ordering marriage licenses and birth certificates was a task. But nothing, I mean nothing, compares to this wait. There is absolutely nothing we can do to speed things along. We appreciate your prayers and words of encouragement. We are praying and seeking strength from scripture each day. I am constantly searching for passages on strength, hope, patience, endurance, etc. I know God is using this time to draw me closer to him. Just a little update today that there is no news but THE Good News. And that is sufficient for me.

Psalm 59:16-17 (NIV)
But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble. [17] O my Strength, I sing praise to you; you, O God, are my fortress, my loving God.

Psalm 46:1-3 (NIV)
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. [2] Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, [3] though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. Selah

Psalm 28:8-9 (NIV)
The Lord is the strength of his people, a fortress of salvation for his anointed one. [9] Save your people and bless your inheritance; be their shepherd and carry them forever.

1 Corinthians 1:25 (NIV)
For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength.

Psalm 28:7-8 (NIV)
The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song. [8] The Lord is the strength of his people, a fortress of salvation for his anointed one.

Exodus 15:2 (NIV)
The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.

1 Thessalonians 5:8 (NIV)
But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.

1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIV)
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.