wait.

I recently read this from one of my all-time favorite books: Passion and Purity by Elisabeth Elliot. I have always really loved the first line that describes waiting on God, but all of it spoke to my heart when I read it last night. It was just what I needed. Elisabeth is full of so much wisdom and a steadfast obedience to God's word.

"I do know that waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to God about it whenever it intrudes upon one's thoughts.

'Truly my heart waits silently for God; my deliverance comes from him.
In truth he is my rock of deliverance, my tower of strength, so that I stand unshaken.
Trust always in God, my people, pour out your hearts before him; God is our shelter.'

A roof over our heads. A hedge. A windbreak. A warm coat. Shelter from attack - from onslaughts of doubt that God would take care of everything if I would simply trust Him - what if He didn't? Waiting silently is the hardest thing of all.