WAITING FOR GOD

This past year I have spent a lot of time in God’s waiting room. Waiting for Him to move in certain areas of my life. Waiting for a word from Him. Waiting for healing. Waiting for an answer to prayer. Waiting… waiting… waiting!  If I could really see what God’s waiting room looked like I bet it would be filled to overflowing. Maybe I would have bumped into you there too! Let’s talk about waiting on God!

If truth be told, I should probably take up permanent resident in God’s waiting room. Maybe bring in a cot and a suitcase of things I need. Seems over the years I have been in a state of waiting for God to answer prayer over and over and over!

I recently had one of those “lightbulb” moments.

You know, when a fact hits you right in the face. EUREKA!

Maybe I’m in God’s waiting room so much because I’ve become so dependent on Him. Maybe I don’t want to handle some of the curve balls life has thrown at me and those I love by myself. Maybe I’m a little tired and just need a heavenly shoulder to lean on!

Yes, I find myself leaning on God much more than I used to. And here is what I have found. The closer I lean into God the more peace I have! The stronger I feel.

The more I lean on Him the more I rely on Him! I find strength and comfort and peace in God’s waiting room!

Life is easier!!!! Much easier!!!  I’m more patient and accepting of waiting. Because I am so strengthened by God’s Holy Spirit in me.

My circumstances have not changed but God has changed me!

Let me say that again… my circumstances have not changed but God has changed ME!

And I am blessed by it!

The last five years have been quite hard and stressful! But they were not without the most amazing blessings and joy as well. Sometimes when we are shoved by life’s hard knocks into God’s waiting room our vision can be obscured. The pain we are living in washes over us and blots out all the beauty and wonder and miracles God blesses us with while we are waiting!

Here are a few things that have really helped while in God’s waiting room. Maybe they will help you too!

PRAY, PRAY, PRAY!

Talk to God and bring it ALL to Him. He knows everything anyway so you might as well be transparent! God tells us…

LET US THEREFORE COME BOLDLY BEFORE THE THRONE OF GRACE, THAT WE MAY OBTAIN MERCY AND TO FIND GRACE TO HELP IN OUR TIME OF NEED. Hebrews 4:16

Get yourself and your needs on every prayer list so prayer warriors will be praying for you too! We have an army of prayer warriors who are so eager and happy to pray for us! All you need to do is ask.

PRAY BELIEVING GOD CAN DO IT!

I think one of the best things I ever learned about prayer is that God can do anything! But He will answer your prayers in a way that is best! He sees far beyond our moment and is working things out for our good and His glory! Know that God is sovereign and we must learn to bow our knee to His perfect Kingship! 

God is for you and not against you! He wants and will do what is best for you!

FOR I KNOW THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU” DECLARED THE LORD, “PLANS TO PROSPER YOU AND NOT TO HARM YOU PLANS TO GIVE YOU HOPE  AND A FUTURE”. Jeremiah 29:11

PRAY AND WAIT EXPECTANTLY

You don’t need to sit in God’s waiting room like a sad lump! You can be proactive! Look for the way God is moving in your life! Look for blessings and good in any and all ways! I love the following verse…

IN THE MORNING LORD, YOU HEAR MY VOICE, IN THE MORNING I LAY MY REQUESTS BEFORE YOU AND WAIT EXPECTANTLY. Psalm 5:3

The word “expectantly” means to be a watchman. A watchman was someone who would be positioned on one of the high towers on the wall of a city in ancient times. His job was to watch, intently watch. One of the things he would watch for was a rider coming from afar with a message from the king. Day and night a watchman would be posted on the high tower. And day and night that watchman would watch expecting to see the rider coming from the king!

Are you watching for your answer?

WITH GOD’S HELP RESOLVE IN YOUR HEART TO LIVE AT PEACE IN ANY SITUATION

The word peace is “shalom”. Far different from our word peace as modern Greek thinkers. Shalom carries the idea of being perfectly whole. Whole in body, mind, and spirit. It means perfect wholeness in relationships and finance and health. Wholeness in all realms of our lives! 

Although we are not really completely whole yet we are to live to the best of our ability in God’s shalom! We are to determine not to let our circumstances break us! Sometimes in God’s waiting room, I felt as though I was sitting in God’s lap! It was the only place of peace! 

That does not mean we cannot grieve and feel loss. God grieves with us too! But we must resolve to not let our situation overcome us. As long as we are breathing, God wants us to go on living. Go on working in this word on His behalf. Now, is not the time to give up, no matter what! God wants shalom to permeate our lives!

I have received the promise of this verse many times…

“BE ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING, BUT IN EVERYTHING BY PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION, WITH THANKSGIVING, LET YOUR REQUESTS BE MADE KNOWN TO GOD: AND THE PEACE OF GOD, WHICH SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING, WILL GUARD YOUR HEART AND MIND THROUGH CHRIST JESUS.” Philippians 4:6-7

Staying close to God and leaning on Him while you are in the midst of tribulation is all about being in constant contact with Him. When you are in His waiting room PRAY!

And when your answer comes, give thanks! God WILL answer prayer. And probably not in the way you expect. But you can know this for sure, He will answer it for your best good and to show His glory! I like how the Amplified Bible explains this…

FOR NOW, WE ARE LOOKING IN A MIRROR THAT GIVES ONLY A DIM (BLURRED) REFLECTION (OF REALITY AS IN A RIDDLE OR ENIGMA), BUT THEN (WHEN PERFECTION COMES) WE SHALL SEE IN REALITY AND FACE TO FACE! NOW I KNOW IN PART (IMPERFECTLY), BUT THEN I SHALL KNOW AND UNDERSTAND FULLY AND CLEARLY, EVEN IN THE SAME MANNER AS I HAVE BEEN FULLY AND CLEARLY KNOW AND UNDERSTOOD (BY GOD).

And if you are in God’s waiting room please reach out to me and ask me to pray for you! I can’t think of a better use of my waiting time!

Here is a great verse to live by when you are in the waiting room.

IN THE MORNING LORD, YOU HEAR MY VOICE, IN THE MORNING I LAY MY REQUESTS BEFORE YOU AND WAIT EXPECTANTLY. Psalm 5:3

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  1. Blessed be Yvonne..for you are one of God’s truest messengers of faith,hope and love ! Abundant and heartfelt thanks for this most inspiring post…move over I’m entering God’s waiting room and that is where I shall stay !!!!!!!! You are the best ! I am honored to follow you in your blog…Smiles…..Anne

  2. John and Mimi says:

    Such a lovely message, we pray for you, please pray for us….spending lots of time in the waiting room….amen

  3. Debbie Wilson says:

    What a wonderful devotion for this beautiful Sunday morning. Isn’t it a blessing to know God wants us in his waiting room and he is there with love and forgiveness. Thank you for praying for me as I struggle with worry and anxiety. I’m working on letting go and letting God handle but as a Mom it isn’t always easy. Love your blog.

  4. Joyce L Howard says:

    EXACTLY what I needed this morning! God has already used you today!
    Thank you for your reminder of, “How great is our God”!
    Blessings on your day….

  5. Thank you so much for these words. I needed to hear them. Both of those verses have carried me through many trials. Thank you for reminding me of them this morning.

  6. I am praying , and waiting. After a grueling 90 days of dh fighting so hard to recover and being given an excellent prognosis, he died in his sleep Memorial Day. I am so tired of hearing it is a wonderful way to die. That’s an oxymoron to me. It is a terrible shock to find your loved one lifeless.
    So I pray he is with God, and I pray for guidance and acceptance. I pray for those dealing with the loss of a child, for I know that is the worst.

  7. Linda of No.Cal. says:

    Ahhhhhhhhh… God’s waiting room !!– been there? Amen and God Bless you and yours.
    hugs. ?Linda of No.Cal.

  8. Prayer is an important part of my life and even more now that I’m in my senior years. I think it’s because through all my years I’ve seen how God works. It’s always amazing how He answers but in a very different way than I prayed. I would ask you to join me in prayer for my young adult grandchildren. Life seems so much more difficult these days for what they deal with. I know praying for them is the best thing I can do.

  9. God led me to you today – Thank you. It has been a waiting room week. Last Sunday my husband had a perforated appendix. He had surgery that night in Rochester (Thank God we are a little over an hour from the Mayo doctors.) He spent his 65th birthday in the hospital which was Wednesday. I brought him home Friday evening. He is on the heal and thanks be to God! My lower back has been out of place for over 2 weeks now and I tend to limp when I walk with shooting pains. I’ve been praying non stop for it to heal or for at least the pain go away. This beautiful Sunday morning God answered my prayer and though there is still pain, it’s not as bad as Friday and Saturday. Thank you so much for the love you show of God! Also on Thursday my son’s father-in-law passed away in Minneapolis. My beautiful daughter-in law made it home in time (from San Diego) to say her good-byes. My son and 22 mo. granddaughter will fly in tonight and I’m sorry to say we won’t make it up there to give them support with their loss. Any and all prayers are appreciated. Prayers to you Yvonne and Gods waiting room is a very peaceful place to be! I love your blog.

  10. Thank you for these encouraging scriptures!!!
    God bless and looking forward to next week…

  11. Diane | An Extraordinary Day says:

    This is such a wonderful post, Yvonne. We were thrown a huge curveball in the summer of 2009 and our lives were flipped upside down and we’ve encountered countless twists and valleys. Today we will say that we wouldn’t wish any of this on our worst enemies. BUT… I am so very grateful for the journey. It’s taken my relationship with the Lord to a whole new dimension. Just like you… leaning hard, waiting, waiting, and still waiting, while prayerful, singing in gratitude because HE IS trustworthy and true. Peace and JOY are a wonderful reality that we are privileged to experience through these trials. More than ever I know that all I have and all I am is a daily gift from our loving Creator’s hands. Breathing a prayer for you, too, my friend as you wait. xoxo

  12. Been in the waiting room for the past 4 years with health issues after the loss of our
    granddaughter.I continue to pray for better days.

  13. So many times we think of a waiting room with a negative connotation. Reality, it always means something is going on behind the scenes whether it’s a waiting room in the Dr.’s office, the hospital, the mechanics, the principals office or the DMV! God is working in the waiting. I love this song which so perfect for this theme and some of your readers may be encouraged by it too. Take Courage by Kristene DiMarco on YouTube.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJoABwNMzvM

  14. Norma Rolader says:

    Amen what a beautiful way to describe our Lord’s waiting room Thank you so much I needed this today God bless and please keep these Sunday messages coming Have a blessed Sunday

  15. Peggy L Bishop says:

    Loved your beautiful message today!

  16. Absolutely perfect post, thank you!

  17. Beautifully stated! Thank you for the extra spiritual boost! I’m in Gods waiting room too! And I just know we have lots of company! I am dealing with some anxiety this past week and have been praying a lot for God to just take it away! I have been trying to focus on the blessings in my life so to change those anxious brain cells! An extra prayer my way while your waiting would be gratefully accepted. I’ll pray for you if you pray for me while we wait! God bless!

  18. Ahhhh….aren’t we all is God’s Waiting Room to greater and lesser extents, all throughout life. I have come to learn that it is when we recognize and enter the Waiting Room, faith and trust in our wise, loving and merciful Father is born and grows.
    As I read and am touched by all of the sorrows you and your readers share, I am struck by the fact that there is a common thread among us….we all gather at your blog site Yvonne, to share and appreciate all the little joys and blessings bestowed on us. We all suffer, but we all know that we are loved and protected by God, and that is the greatest blessing of all.
    Thank you for such a beautiful and uplifting metaphor.
    May God continue to bless and keep each of us. I pray. .

  19. I love you. I love your blog, podcast and most of all your Sunday posts. Wish we were neighbors and could share a cup of coffee. I have been struggling with my children turning away from me for sometime. Have not seen my 2 year old grandchildren since they were 2 months old. My daughter in-law will not allow it. Long story with counseling and apologies, but nothing changes her heart. Through this I have discovered the peace of God and the fact that he has a plan. It will all work out, but his plan is not complete. Thank you for your blog today.

  20. Dear Yvonne, Oh… how very much I needed to read this today! It has been a very long journey for my husband and I. Many years of waiting and Trusting in The Lord, and Always Praying. I think that you are so right about your “light bulb moment”.. and a heavenly shoulder to lean on! I will Pray for you and ask for your Prayers too! Bless your heart for caring and sharing.. “Shalom”

  21. “Maybe I’m in God’s waiting room so much because I’ve become so dependent on Him.” This struck me in the most beautiful way! I loved everything about this post and feel armed with a little more of what to do while I wait. I will now officially be praying for you! Will you pray for me?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH_LLGiE0f0

  22. Patricia Taylor says:

    Thanks for all you just said. I am in God’s waiting room.

  23. Kathy bruns says:

    So powerful and uplifting. Thanks . I think our whole country could use this.

  24. I lost my husband 2 months ago. I truly believe the Lord meant me to read this. I’m in His waiting room trying so hard to find my way through the most difficult time in my whole life. Please pray for me. I’ll keep you in my prayers too. Thank you for your post. I needed this so much.

  25. Thank you for encouraging us towards watchful waiting, quietness, and trusting in the Lord to fulfill His promises. Today our pastor spoke on these very attitudes of hope despite our depravity.
    Isaiah 30:18 Therefore the LORD waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the LORD is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.

  26. Oh, Yvonne, I know I must have seen you in Gods Waiting Room. I’ve been waiting for answers as to my life purpose for many years, but especially the last two as I was widowed from the love of my life. I’ve been waiting to know my children and family will be well and under His guard. I’ve been waiting and I seek to listen for the answer Thank you to letting me know you wait too!! I’d love to meet you there one day.

  27. Yvonne, thank you for your thoughts on waiting for God. You said to reach out to you if we wanted you to pray for us. Well, I desperately need prayers for my adult daughter who has undiagnosed health problems which she has been battling for several years. She is a Christian but is beginning to lose faith that God even hears her prayers or cares that she has such a rough life. I try to stay positive for her and send up prayers throughout each day for her but we don’t see any improvement. So I feel like we have been in God’s waiting room an extra long time. Doctors are puzzled that she has so many symptoms but none seem interested in putting in the time to find the reasons. Please put her (and me) on your prayer list and continually pray that we don’t lose hope while waiting for an answer concerning her condition. I ask that anyone reading this comment please pray also. I will pray for those who left comments about their concerns also. I will pray for your healing, yvonne

    1. Hi Linda. I will pray for you and your daughter. I will especially pray that she sees God in HUGE ways to strengthen her weary faith.

  28. Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedder says:

    Dearest Yvonne,
    Yes, we never should seize to pray to God and He is the only one that can help us in any situation. Being it to give us strength to cope with worldly problems or whatever.
    Sending you hugs and happy Sunday!
    Mariette

  29. Angela Hamby says:

    Thank you so much! Beautiful reminder. I’m reading Max Lucado’s Before Amen .. your thoughts go hand in hand. ?

  30. Lori Vollmer says:

    Waiting brought up @ Sunday School today. Waiting is not stationary, but service. As if you were a “waiter”. Wow. That sure changes things.

  31. Janet Cole says:

    Amen – I need prayer desperately as I struggle to copy with grief over the loss of my special needs daughter last year…some days I feel I can’t breathe because of the crushing grief that I feel. I know she is with God, and I take comfort in that. I suppose I do not grieve for her, but for myself. It was good to meet you at Haven (I am Karianne’s friend for childhood, Janet). Many blessings to you and well wishes in the midst of your own health/mobility issues!

    1. Janet, I can’t imagine how you must feel! The pain must be so deep. I grieve for your loss! And yes, I remember you… of course! God bless you and comfort you!

  32. Cecile morgan says:

    Oh my goodness, what an awesome blessing . You have touched my heart through his word. Keep them coming, you are an amazing writer, as my husband is. Yours in Christ Jesus

  33. Thank you Yvonne for your comforting words. Right now l am definitely in God’s waiting room hoping that my daughter in the hospital will get the healing that she needs.l would be so grateful for a prayer from you or anyone. Thank you so much.

  34. Your words were such a blessing. Sometimes we get discouraged when we are in God’s waiting room so long, but then I know that it is well worth the time spent there. I really loved the explanation of shalom. I had never heard it like that.

    Prayer must be something on God’s mind today because our pastor preached on it today.

  35. I just finished reading your post and I am writing you with flowing tears. Your beautiful words, love, and deep faith in God started my Sunday morning with hope. This past year has been the toughest year for me and my husband. Six years ago my sister and her cat moved in with us because she was left homeless after losing her job then shattered her knee cap and broke her foot. We are still taking care of her. Then last year my husband’s sister was diagnosed with terminal stage 4 bone cancer. We had her move in with us because she too was also homeless and not being able to pay her rent due to not working. I am her caretaker. A month after she moved in my husband lost his job of 35 years due changes at work. He has been without work for a year now and we have exhausted our savings. We are now borrowing money so we do not lose our home. He has applied for so many jobs with no luck. My husband and I are Christians and we believe that God will not abandon us…but at times we feel so alone and abandoned. We try to understand what God wants us to learn from this, but stress and anxiety sometimes gets the best of us and we feel fear. After reading your post this morning you gave me hope. Please pray for us. Thank you for sharing your faith. God Bless you! Sincerely, Terri

  36. Your post was so moving, my oldest son suffers from deep depression, his doctor is working with him trying to get his meds adjusted to help him, he gets a little better for while then crashes. He just says he doesn’t have the will to live’ I believe in power of prayer and I also believe in Gods Will. I would very much appreciate if you could say a prayer for my son. Again a wonderful post that came at the right time. Thank You and God Bless.

    1. Hi Joy! I am praying for your son. We have a family member that suffers from depression and it is heart breaking!

  37. I can’t tell you how much I needed this today. There are so many bad things happening in our world and I have friends dealing with the last days of their parents lives. I will be sharing this. Thank you.

  38. I remember awhile back you wrote another post about “God’s Waiting Room”. It, and this post, really resonated with me. Thank you! ?❤️?

  39. Margie Clements says:

    Thank you so much for this! I will be sharing this with others!
    Many blessings

  40. Laurie cardoza says:

    I love your Sunday posts and this one especially is encouraging to me. Thank you Yvonne. Love all you home decor blogs too. You are such an inspiration to me.

  41. Debbie Pingitore says:

    How can we pray for you? I love your blog and we to have a request for our 18 year old grandson who is making very poor choices. I read most every Sunday post and they bless my heart. I also love your decorating ideas. Many blessings to you.

  42. I liked this post as well. So many great needs and burdens I read as I scrolled down and I breathed a quick prayer as I read.
    I’ve felt a waiting room existence for over nine years now since an accident in my classroom that caused a TBI and loss of career, independence and so much more. As I’ve struggled and struggled and even as recent as a week ago my life was held on the balance, I question why am I still here. It’s a long time my husband and I sit in literal and figurative waiting rooms that do not look like our friends’. So yes pray for me. It is so hard to do life brain injured. Hard.

  43. Lisa Weissgarber Harder says:

    Beautiful.

    Thanks for an inspiring post.

    Many blessings!

  44. Jan Cochran says:

    Believing women all over this country need encouragement as we walk through the challenges (opportunities) the Lord sends us. You bless so many of us with your knowledge of scripture and your own personal trials. We are a community of believers trying to help eac other as we wait on God to be our ultimate Helper (Paraclete )
    We desperately need the Lord and Christians like you to walk beside us , pray for us and speak encouraging words to us.
    Blessings from on high,
    Jan

  45. Thank you– that was beautiful!

  46. Love the “In God’s Waiting Room” Shared on facebook!!

  47. Yvonne your post was such a blessing for me today. I’m sorry I didn’t read my email until Monday morning, but I’ve read through the comments and will keep the prayer requests including yours in my prayers. If I may please add my prayer request, I have been battling health issues for months now and go from one problem to the next. The doctors can’t seem to help me and I an weary, in mind, spirit and body. I have faith and now that God hears from prayers and has an answer for me, but being the the Waiting Room isn’t easy and there are days I feel the Satan has robbed my joy and is enjoying every minute of it. I thank God for you and your blog, it has encouraged me and brought a smile to my face many times. God Bless you Yvonne.

  48. Please pray for my Daughter. She will be 26 years old in January. At the age of 14, she was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. She is under my insurance but comes off in January on her 26th birthday. She needs a full-time job. She is a Graphic Designer. So talented and smart. Thank you so much for this post and for your prayers. Blessings.

  49. JOY CRAIN says:

    I can’t begin to thank you enough for sharing this post about God’s waiting room. On February 9th, my dad died at 3 a.m. and then at 8 pm that night my son committed suicide. We were at my mom & dad’s home welcoming visitors and the food that was brought. While in the next room my sweet wonderful 29 year old was loading a gun and writing his suicide note. I can’t begin to describe what my family & I went through in those following days. Two funerals, the indescribable guilt, days of just existing and trying to keep my own self from not wanting to die. I haven’t been able to comprehend what I have felt lately until now. I have been in God’s waiting room. He’s been loving on me and holding me while I sit in his waiting room with so many others like myself, who are brokenhearted and lost. Thank you for this post, as I will probably go back re-read this over and over again. It has helped me get through today which I am forever grateful. I have learned God gives me what I need just for this day, for he knows as soon as my feet hit the ground the tears start and I ask him “Lord you’re gonna have to give me something for today because I’m not going to make it through the day ” Your post was for today. Thank you and God Bless

  50. Thank you for being so in tune with Him that you would know that there were so many of us out here that REALLY needed to read this! I grew up in a Christian home with parents that raised me in God’s infallible word and it has been a staple in all stages of my life, including parenting. I raised my children as I was raised. With my father as a southern baptist pastor, my parents were strict and at the time, I had a hard time understanding why. But, as an adult in my mid 40’s with two children of my own, I am grateful to them for their discipline from God’s word. I am in desperate need for prayer warriors right now! My daughter (age 20) has gone from a sweet, young lady that was incredibly focused on her career (veterinary technician) and in church, to quitting her job to go work at an adult entertainment establishment, smoking pot and hanging around with several people that I KNOW (for certain and without a doubt, know) are into drugs and dealing drugs and she no longer attends church. Both my husband and I are heartbroken with this path she has taken, because we know that she knows better and has been raised in a Christian environment/home. My son, who is 13, is heartbroken and doesn’t understand what is going on. We don’t hear from her and he loves his Sissy because they have always been close to each other. He often cries because he wants to know why his Sissy doesn’t care about him any longer. We have explained to him that we know that this is Satan, pure and simple and that he needs to pray for his Sissy because the enemy seeks to steal, kill and destroy. I have been in waiting on God for what seems forever, for an answer or for her to turn around and come to her senses. It is especially hard when it is something that is dealing with one’s child. But, what comes to mind is that first she is His child and He does know what is best for her. I know I am waiting because He is not ready. I know I am waiting because He will reveal what He needs out of me in His time. I know I am waiting because He is teaching me through this. But, this waiting hurts deeply in my soul. Please, pray for her because she needs prayer for protection from the enemy that seeks to destroy her and our family. My family needs prayer to stay bound together in Christ and strengthened in Him to fight this battle with Satan. And, I need prayer for peace, wisdom and guidance, because I am her mommy and there is always something about burdens and hardships that mothers carry especially close to their hearts. So, please, any prayer warriors that are willing to join me in battling the enemy, please, please pray! Thank you in advance for your willingness to pray!

    1. I am praying Kristen. I grieve right along with you!I ask the LORD to bind satan and all his works concerning your daughter and ask that God bring her back to Him and your family. I feel heartbroken for you! And will continue to pray! God bless you, comfort you and give you wisdom in this hard time. Much love!

    2. Karen smith says:

      Yvonne, I so enjoyed reading your post. I, as well have been in Gods waiting room for many years. What a positive way to bless your readers!! It took on a new way of looking at the “waiting room”.

  51. Just beautiful Yvonne! Wonderful insight. I’ve never thought of “waiting” in this way. May I share this with my ladies prayer group?
    Blessings to you!

  52. Once again your column was a major blessing. My husband and I have been in the “waiting room” for a year now. Our blessing are many and our problems are few but we do have one prayer that we would love to have answered very soon. Our son and his family moved across the country last September. They want us there with them and we want to be with them. The only hold up is that my husband is having great difficulty in finding a job in that small town. Some days it feels like our prayers are not being heard at all but we continue to walk forward. It gets very frustrating at times with this wait but we know there is a reason for it. We feel horrible to complain about our waiting when others are suffering so much more than we are. I hope that everyone commenting here receives the answers to their prayers.

  53. Yvonne, I discovered your blog a few months ago and have really enjoyed your decorating and design tips. However, I want you to know that your scriptural section has really touched my heart. However, I have dyslexia and sometimes have trouble reading online. It helps considerably to be able to print and read with a ruler. Do you have a print friendly way to copy other than copy and paste?

    Thank you so much.
    Jill Williams

  54. Please say prayers, I was bullied and shunned at work, so I resigned. I am an RN and age 70, I miss working in pediatrics. I worked 50 years with children , please pray for me, in the waiting room.

  55. Beautifully said Yvonne. We sometimes forget that we are not the only folks with heartache. The last few years I have learned to place my trust in and pray for patience in the Lord’s timing. After my dad passed last year I continued making prayer cloths for church family and friends- even giving them out to strangers and new acquaintances wherever I go. I include the verse from 1st Thessalonians… “Pray without ceasing”… When my baby sister (60 years old) was waiting for her last scheduled cancer surgery for June 15th she asked me to make 90 prayer cloths so that her entire support and surgery team could have one in their pocket during surgery. She survived that surgery and 2 emergency surgeries after, but the cancer returned on such a rampage that she passed July 28th of this year. But I learned to be thankful for the 12 1/2 year gift over the 5 years to live she had been given in 2000. When some place blame on God I remind them of what it says in Rev 12:12… the devil knows his time is short….. he is throwing anything and everything at us to divert us from sharing God’s love and mercy… your Christian based posts have been an encourage to me. Thank you so much. Your sister in Christ.

  56. BEAUTIFUL!!! I know someone that needs that today. Thank you

  57. gretchen roberson says:

    Really enjoy this..I spend alot of time in His waiting room..

  58. Sherri Smart says:

    Just been through a bitter divorce. Please pray for me that I will be able to love and forgive rather than become bitter. Thanks!

  59. Cheryl Medders says:

    Hi, Yvonne
    Thank you so much for your posts. I, too, am a retired teacher of first grade and kindergarten. For the past 8 months, I have been dealing with difficulty breathing. My entire life has changed. I can no longer do the things I did without even giving thought to them. My excitement is going to the grocery store, the doctor’s office and the pharmacy. I’ve recently begun shots for asthma. (That was a HUGE prayer request – that insurance would approve them. They’re quite expensive!) I’ve had my first injections without any change. I’m scheduled for 3 more. Please pray that these shots will cure my illness or that I will respond with grace and faith if the shots don’t work as they should. Thank you!

  60. Dear Yvonne,
    I can’t even recall how I ended up reading your blog this week, but it has been a gift from God for me at this time. I too, believe in the power of prayer and had included this short psalm in my daily readings for years. But I haven’t said those prayers in a long time. While I love decorating and looking at all the pretty things you post, your inclusion and acknowledgment of God is what resonates most for me. I need to get back into my daily regimen and will include you in my prayers. Please pray for me-for reconciliation with our two sons who have shut us out, that they may come to their senses and stop trying to punish us.
    The one thing I can’t figure out is when any of these posts are written. I don’t know what is current and what is not. I am hoping you are fully recovered if you have the chance to read this. God bless.

    1. Thanks for your prayers Margo. I just prayed for you and your family. I ask God to bring you to mind and I will continue to pray!

  61. Susie Penuel says:

    Last Sunday and today, your words of inspiration and reassurance of God’s love for His children have been helpful and needed.
    I love your help with decorating but your words from God are so much more decorating my life.
    You are a lovely lady, and I want to say Thank you .
    May you continue to have a blessed day.

    1. Susie, thank you so much for your kind words and encouragement. It is such a blessing to proclaim the Lord!

  62. Deena Salvatore says:

    Dear Yvonne, thank you for providing scripture for me to read and meditate on through the most difficult time of my life. I know you are a spiritual woman and in my need I went searching through your blog for help through my time of waiting. A few weeks ago I was shocked to be told that I have a brain tumor, most likely malignant, just behind my left ear making it extremely difficult to read. Knowing my need, and in His mercy, God brought me do your. I too am a woman of faith and keep God with me every part of my life. I have been filled with fear of the procedure, and coming home as a burden to my husband and children. To make matters worse, because of Covid my hospital is on lockdown and my husband and children will not be able to be with me from the lfrom the moment I enter the hospital to the time he picks me up. I asked you now to pray for me and to pray for my family. I know on February 2, 2021 God is going to get us through this. I know he will carry me into the operating room and hold my hand through it until I come home and can celebrate Shalom once again. God bless you and your ministry. Deena