The ABCs of God's Love Letter: Wait

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​The ABCs of God's Love Letter
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​We will use the alphabet as an acrostic and study topics like: Abide, Beloved, Calling, Delight, Endure, Faithful, Garment, Hunger, Increase, Justice, Kindness, Light, Manna, Name, Ordain, Path, Quench, Ransom, Salt, Testify, Upright, Vanity, Wait, Yield, and Zeal.

Every week, we’ll discover a different topic. Each topic is accompanied by five Scripture verses—one for each weekday. The FREE STUDY GUIDE has a page for each verse. Those spaces will invite you to write the verses out and journal what you’ve learned.

Every time I read God’s Word I learn something new. I also find that Scripture writing really helps me meditate, and as I meditate, God always shows me just what I need for that day—it’s AMAZING!​

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​This Week We're Looking at Wait

“Wait” is a word I often don’t like to hear. How about you?

If you're asking someone something and they say “hold on, not now,” or “wait,” how do you respond?

When a child is trying to speak to a parent and they are busy and say any of these phrases to that child, more often than not, how would the child respond? They get frustrated, upset, disappointed.

This can be how you and I feel sometimes when God, our Father, tells us to wait. When we call out to Him and ask something of Him, His answer will always be “yes, no,” or “wait.”

“I waited patiently for the Lord; He turned to me and heard my cry.” Psalm 40:1

We may cry out to God and want to know when something will begin or end. For instance, when we'll get that new job or when this illness will end. I am still waiting on healing after 23 years of illness.

​Sometimes the “wait” response can be the hardest. This is because we don’t know when the "wait" will be over. It could be next week, next year, next decade, or beyond. But as we wait, being guided by the Lord, our trust and hope in Him will be cultivated.

“Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are God my Savior, and my hope is in You all day long.” Psalm 25:5 

That hope, along with putting our trust in Him, will help guide us in our season of waiting. Sometimes, this is all we can do and all God wants us to do.

“I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in His Word, I put my hope.” Psalm 130:5

What does it look like to hope, trust, and wait?

The opposite of how that child waiting on their parent responds.

So...

• Instead of being frustrated, choose calm and peaceful.
• Instead of upset, choose happiness and joy.
• Instead of disappointment, choose satisfaction and contentment.

​Easier said than done, right?

“The Lord is good to those whose hope is in Him, to the one who seeks Him.”  Lamentations 3:25

Did you see the clue there?

It's “seek.” By seeking Him we can build our hope, trust, and patience and learn to wait on His timing.

“No one who hopes in You will ever be put to shame...” Psalm 25:3a

By seeking the Lord we will not ever be put to shame and our patience, along with Him, will prevail.

Ways to seek the Lord:

• Prayer
• Bible Reading
• Scripture Meditation
• Worship and Praise

When we wait on Him and do these things, then, in turn, we will know God more. We will become more like Him. Our patience will grow as we seek Him, trust His ways, and claim His promises.

This, sisters, is how we wait!

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Lauren is a mom of two beautiful kiddos. She recently completed an BA Honors degree in Health and Social Care and is currently studying for a diploma in Psychology and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

Lauren became a born again Christian in the early 2000's. She is transparent about her ups and downs with mental health, depression, anxiety, and even self- harm. But God helped her with these and she has learned to refocus from the negative and towards Christ. She practices being mindful of Him (as we all should do), thus the name of her blog--Mindful of Christ.

​The focus of Mindful of Christ is to help others along the journey to improving their mental health and focus on Christ.

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​The ABCs of God's Love Letter Scripture Memory Cards

The ABCs of God's Love Letter Bible Study is accompanied by a collection of 25 5 X 5 Scripture Memory Cards. We'll utilize this great tool to help us memorize a Scripture verse once a week that goes with the topic we're studying that week. Hiding God's Word in our heart is so important!

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​What does Wait mean to you?