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> Wait for the LORD
>> Wait for the LORD. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for the LORD.

Occasion: Waiting for test results

Lord, there are answers I don't yet have.
Results I cannot know.
Words that have not come.
I'm too restless in the waiting.

I notice every ache,
every change,
every small sensation I would otherwise ignore.

Make my heart steady while I wait for what will be said.
Help me bear not knowing the name of this thing,
or whether there is a name to fear at all.
This waiting is hard, Lord.
I am tired of trying to prepare myself
for every possible answer.

I can feel my mind run ahead
into hard words,
hard numbers,
hard days.
It spends strength I do not have.

Keep me here.
In this moment.
In this breath.
In the kindness of people I don't know.

You know the answer still hidden from me.
You know what will be said before it is said.
You know my heart waits.
You wait with me.

Amen.