My Favorite Green Long Sleeve Shirt
My Favorite Green Long Sleeve Shirt
Listen. I hate summer here. I know I am not supposed to say that. But I just have to be honest. The weather here June-August is just gross. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE so many things that HAPPEN in the summer months – no school, all the camps, interns… it’s great! But while many of you are outside in the sun I am all but in hibernation – only coming out when completely necessary and going from A/C to A/C. (I liken it to David going from strength to strength in Psalm 84… JK).
BUT THIS WEEK! This first week of Fall – proof that the Lord loves us! I all but jumped out of bed, found my favorite green long sleeve shirt (courtesy of Branch Youth) put it on with sweats and went for the longest walk. It was 67 DEGREES!
Early morning walks are one of my most favorite things. Of course, they come to a screeching halt in the dog days of summer (for what I feel like are obvious reasons). But this week, I have been walking morning and night, and it has been glorious.
One of the reasons I love to walk in the quiet of the morning is because I hear God in those moments. We talk, and it is precious to me. I busted out of my house this week with a new energy, a new skip in my step. I walked for an hour – praising God that the wait for cooler weather is finally over. The heat broke. It gave way to the next season.
The song, “Wait on the Lord” by Maverick City Music and Elevation Worship, has been playing in my head for the last few days. Almost relentlessly. As I have gone through my days, even in each walk I take, it plays over and over in my mind. I found this to be strange as I do not really know the song (well, I didn’t until now).
This is the part I hear:
I’m gonna wait on You.
I’m gonna wait on You.
I’ve tasted your goodness
I’ve trusted your promise.
I’m gonna wait on You.
Wait on the Lord.
Wait on the Lord.
He will renew your strength.
So wait I say.
In a season where I feel like I am waiting for many things – many promises the Lord has given me, I find myself asking Him, “When? When, Lord?” Now, I do not necessarily think it is wrong to ask. Although, I have tried to take a new posture – praising Him for the promises He has made instead of asking Him to reveal the whole book all at once. How sweet and generous to have a Father who gives us glimpses of what He is doing. He doesn’t owe me anything, and yet, He gives me more than I can ask or imagine. So, yes, my flesh waits and asks, “how long?” But my soul knows that He who calls me is faithful and I know He will do it. So I turn this song into a declaration:
I’m gonna wait on you.
I’m gonna wait on you.
I have tasted your goodness.
I trust in Your promise.
And I know that when the breakthrough comes – when the heat breaks - that it will be undeniable and unbelievable. I will stand in awe, once again, of Jehovah Jireh – the God who provides.
I don’t know what you are waiting on. But I do know that there is beauty in the waiting. Go to HIM. He is near. And as you do, I pray the same joy for you as I experience every time I put on my favorite green, long-sleeved shirt and take a walk in the cool quiet of the morning.
BUT THIS WEEK! This first week of Fall – proof that the Lord loves us! I all but jumped out of bed, found my favorite green long sleeve shirt (courtesy of Branch Youth) put it on with sweats and went for the longest walk. It was 67 DEGREES!
Early morning walks are one of my most favorite things. Of course, they come to a screeching halt in the dog days of summer (for what I feel like are obvious reasons). But this week, I have been walking morning and night, and it has been glorious.
One of the reasons I love to walk in the quiet of the morning is because I hear God in those moments. We talk, and it is precious to me. I busted out of my house this week with a new energy, a new skip in my step. I walked for an hour – praising God that the wait for cooler weather is finally over. The heat broke. It gave way to the next season.
The song, “Wait on the Lord” by Maverick City Music and Elevation Worship, has been playing in my head for the last few days. Almost relentlessly. As I have gone through my days, even in each walk I take, it plays over and over in my mind. I found this to be strange as I do not really know the song (well, I didn’t until now).
This is the part I hear:
I’m gonna wait on You.
I’m gonna wait on You.
I’ve tasted your goodness
I’ve trusted your promise.
I’m gonna wait on You.
Wait on the Lord.
Wait on the Lord.
He will renew your strength.
So wait I say.
In a season where I feel like I am waiting for many things – many promises the Lord has given me, I find myself asking Him, “When? When, Lord?” Now, I do not necessarily think it is wrong to ask. Although, I have tried to take a new posture – praising Him for the promises He has made instead of asking Him to reveal the whole book all at once. How sweet and generous to have a Father who gives us glimpses of what He is doing. He doesn’t owe me anything, and yet, He gives me more than I can ask or imagine. So, yes, my flesh waits and asks, “how long?” But my soul knows that He who calls me is faithful and I know He will do it. So I turn this song into a declaration:
I’m gonna wait on you.
I’m gonna wait on you.
I have tasted your goodness.
I trust in Your promise.
And I know that when the breakthrough comes – when the heat breaks - that it will be undeniable and unbelievable. I will stand in awe, once again, of Jehovah Jireh – the God who provides.
I don’t know what you are waiting on. But I do know that there is beauty in the waiting. Go to HIM. He is near. And as you do, I pray the same joy for you as I experience every time I put on my favorite green, long-sleeved shirt and take a walk in the cool quiet of the morning.
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