can anyone recommend me a quote from the bible for someone who faces an excruciating wait?
thanks
2007-03-08 06:47:28 · 34 answers · asked by G 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I was discussing this with someone the other day. We didn't cite specific quotes, but rather general themes. That is, God didn't just come into the world full-grown, and go straight to work. First, there was the 9-month wait in Mary's womb. Then, the 18-year wait for the child to grow up. Even then there was another 22-year wait until the time was ripe, before he started his work. And further, he didn't go right to the main point, the cross, but put in another three year's patience first. Finally, there was the excruciating 3-days between the passion and the resurrection. What we learned from this is that you can't rush the process. Even God himself didn't rush it. You can't have a baby in two days; it takes 9 months. When I want to rush it, I remember Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. He knew what was coming, and he must have wished it would just happen fast, get the dying over with. But it didn't happen fast, and he shows me how to stand the waiting.
2007-03-08 06:59:22 · answer #1 · answered by Maria E. 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Lead me in Your truth and teach me,For You are the God of my salvation;For You I wait all the day. Psalm 25:5
Wait for the LORD;Be strong and let your heart take courage;Yes, wait for the LORD. Psalm 27:18
Our soul waits for the LORD;He is our help and our shield.
Psalm 33:20
Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength;They will mount up with wings like eagles,They will run and not get tired,They will walk and not become weary. Isaiah 40:31
I hope these verses help... A good book of the bible to read during trying times is Psalms... and Proverbs.
I will be praying for the person with the wait....
2007-03-08 06:57:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lamentations 3:25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
Lamentations 3:26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Isaiah 64:4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him
2007-03-08 08:11:28 · answer #3 · answered by Preacher 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1 Peter 2:17-24
2007-03-08 06:54:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 Peter 5:10
Exodus 14:13
2 Cronicles 20:17
2007-03-08 06:54:04 · answer #5 · answered by sassinya 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Psalm 27:14 Wait for the Lord; be strong,and take heart and Wait for the Lord, " Timming" knowing when to move and when to Wait,It is part of the Favor of God.
2007-03-08 07:09:28 · answer #6 · answered by section hand 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Psalms chapter 40 David cries out Genesis chapters39-40-41the plight of Joesph .The book of Psalms is filled with hope for a burdened heart.
2007-03-08 07:01:47 · answer #7 · answered by ____ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD Psalm 27:14
Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. Psalm 37:7
I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him." Lamentations 3:24
2007-03-08 07:00:58 · answer #8 · answered by Nish 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think of examples, Abraham, his wait for Isaac, his waiting for the Kingdom of God, viewing it as a city far off.
The Nation of Israel when Eli and his 2 sons were priest, 40 years the nation waited for God to address the issue.
Jesus, his long wait after his Resurrection heaven, before he was able to cleanse the Heavens, take his Position as King and Priest, and his patience in waiting this 73 years before he is told when he can cleanse the earth.
2007-03-08 06:55:04 · answer #9 · answered by Here I Am 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can find the answer in your spirit.
There are things, such as death that we can't do anything but wait for. Stay occupied with thoughts of preparation. Staying active tends to move the world, time and life.
There's no sense in anticipating the worse since there's nothing to do about it. There are two grantees in life; you will die and you will get through it.
2007-03-08 06:55:00 · answer #10 · answered by kasar777 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋