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Today's Poem: Can you relate to this one?

Wait

Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried;
quietly, patiently, lovingly YHVH replied
I pled and I wept for a clue to my fate
and the Master who gently said,
"Child, you must wait."

"Wait You say wait!" my indignant reply.
"Adonai, I need answers, I need to know why!
Is your hand shortened? Or have you not heard?
By faith, I have asked, and am claiming your Word

"My future and all to which I can relate
Hangs in the balance, and YOU tell me to WAIT?
I'm needing a 'yes' a go-ahead sign,
Or even a 'no' to which I can resign.

"And Adonai, You promised that if we believe
We need but to ask, and we shall receive.
Adonai, I've been asking and this is my cry;
I'm weary of asking! I need a reply!"

Then quietly, softly, I learned of my fate.
As my Master replied once again, "You must wait."
So, I slumped in my chair, defeated and tout
And grumbled to YHVH, "So, I'm waiting. . . for what?"

He seemed, then to kneel and His eyes wept with mine,
And he tenderly said, "I could give you a sign.
I could shake the heavens and darken the sun.
I could raise the dead and cause mountains to run.

"All you seek I could give and pleased you would be.
You would have what you want — but you wouldn't know Me.
You'd not know the depth of My love for each saint;
You'd not know the joy of resting in Me
When darkness and silence were all you could see.

"You'd never experience that fullness of love
As the peace of My Spirit descends like a dove;
You'd know that I live and I save . . . (for a start),
But you'd not know the depth of the beat of My heart.

"The glow of My comfort late into the night.
The faith that I give when you walk without sight.
The depth that's beyond getting just what you asked
Of an infinite Elohim, who makes what you have LAST.

"You'd never know, should your pain quickly flee,
What it means that 'My grace is sufficient for Thee.'
Yes, your dreams for your loved one overnight would come true,
But, Oh the loss! If I lost what I'm doing to you!

"So be silent, my child, and in time you will see
That the greatest of gifts is to get to know Me
And though oft' may My answers seem terribly late
My most precious answer of all is still, "WAIT".

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Daily Prayer

Blessed are You Adonai Elohim, for You have given us a good earth and a wonderful life. May we use the resources of this earth aright to respect all of creation, relieve the needs of the poor and give Your glory. Creating and Loving Father, we thank You for the beauty and balance of our world. We give glory to You for the mystery and wonders of Your Creation. May Your Church help to witness that the world belongs to You. We pray for all who seek to proclaim the Good News in areas of deprivation or opposition. We ask Your blessing upon all who preach the Word and all who do so by their example. Father we ask You to bless with wisdom all who are employers and all who direct multinational companies. May they not abuse or treat their workforce with injustice. We pray for all who seek to bring about fair trade. We pray for all who are unemployed or do not have enough resources for a healthy living. Father we thank You for our homes and our loved ones. Help us to respect all who work to supply us with our needs. We pray for all who work in the farming and retail industries. May we always be aware that all good comes from You. We ask Your blessing upon all who are homeless and all who feel they are not loved. Father we pray for all ill and suffering people. We pray for those who are struggling to survive and all who are oppressed by war, violence, crime and tyranny. We ask Your blessing upon all who have been injured or who have suffered from acts of violence. Father You give us all that we have and you offer us life eternal. We rejoice in the fellowship of all your saints and we commend our loved ones, our families and our friends, the whole of Your Creation and ourselves to Your unfailing love. We pray this in the Name of Yeshua HaMashiach our Saviour and our King, amen.

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