4 Letter Words

I can mention the idea of 4 letter words and you have already had some of them come to mind.

These are the words that we are taught NOT to say.
At my house growing up I would have received a punishment of soap on the tongue or a spanking on my rear end if I had uttered them.

I battle with a couple of 4 letter words every moment, every hour, of every single day.

These are a different kind of 4 letter word....but no less powerful or potent.

Standing on their on...no one seems to mind them. No one seems bothered or uncomfortable when they are used. No one gasps or blushes.

But what I am finding is that after 9 years of standing by what God has faithfully told me (and Shep) over and over.....others become increasingly bothered and uncomfortable with my 4 letter words.

These words define me.
They define my faith.
They define my God.

I say them constantly. I pray them even more.

Some days these words are the food I eat and the breath I breathe.

Other than a handful of people who staunchly support what God has told us.....our support comes from the word of God.

His Word stands on its own.

It is full of stories of ordinary people who were asked to HOPE and WAIT.

There they are......my 4 letter words.

I hope.

I wait.

I know it seems unbelievable, far-fetched, impossible, ridiculous, preposterous, and beyond comprehension to believe that my very disabled daughter will be healed....totally.

But, I have to pause.

Because my God is nothing if not unbelievable, far-fetched, impossible, ridiculous, preposterous, and beyond all comprehension.

I mean what was HE thinking when HE came to this Earth and conquered death?

Surely as His follower I wouldn't be asked to believe that HE might still want to raise the dead, open blind eyes, unlock deaf ears, make the lame walk, clear disturbed minds, and restore life to those who have given up hope?

All that is crazy, right?

John 14: 11-12 "Believe me when I say I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves. Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father."

No-----that is crazy. The Word of God says we who believe can and will be equipped to do what our Lord did and even greater things.

Will you wait? I am on day 3 thousand 3 hundred and 45.

Will you hope? Just like Abraham....Against all hope Abraham in hope believed...

Let's get crazy!!