Do you trust Me when My answer is to wait?

I saw that quote on Pinterest recently and it got me thinking. Right now, I am in a season of waiting. Waiting to figure out what my next steps are. Waiting to figure out pretty much everything about my future.  Waiting to be settled in my job. Waiting to find my spouse. Just waiting.

I graduated nursing school in December 2015 and am now working in my second job as a Registered Nurse.  I worked in critical care but realized that this was not the area of nursing for me. So now I work in a doctors office. I started this job a little over two months ago, so I  am still learning everything and trying to get settled in with this job. It’s not easy and there are days that I question if this is where I am supposed to be. But I know it is part of the process and I will eventually be comfortable and settled in this job.

I am 23 and single. I guess I always pictured myself being married close to the time I graduated college. And clearly that didnt happen, which is perfectly fine, because it wasn’t Gods timing. But this is something that I think about often, and an area of my life that just feel “unsettled”. I feel like this is one of the next logical steps in life, but have to learn to trust God’s timing and that since it has not happened yet, it has not been His will.

So far this year, I have been learning about waiting and trusting. God knows what He is doing and what will happen. His ways are not my ways.  If things happened on my timetable, nothing would have turned out like it has now.  I would not have had the chance to realize that God is teaching me patience and trust. While these are hard lessons to learn they are very valuable lessons.

There are things that I have been praying for over the last 3 years that God is still telling me to wait, to trust, and to not give up hope.  He will work miracles, in HIS timing. NOT mine. All I have to do is trust and keep on walking by faith.

Learning to wait and trust is not easy. I like to know what is going to happen and when.  I like to have things all planned out. But at some point I have have to realize that I have to let go and let God work.  This is an ongoing process and is something that I work on daily.

So. Do you trust Him, even when His answer is to wait?

~Gabrielle

Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord! (Psalms 27:14 ESV)

For God alone, O my sould, wait in silence, for my hope is from Him. (Psalms 62:5 ESV)

The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. (Lamentations 3:25 ESV)

But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. (Romans 8:25 ESV)

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they sheall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31 ESV)