Let’s be honest, we’re not that good at waiting for anything these days.  Yet, the reality is that waiting is a necessary part of life.  We wait for people, we wait for events, and we wait for desires to be fulfilled.  But do we recognize that waiting might also apply to our emotional lives?  Do we hold on to hope that we can be rescued from a troubled heart?
King David described himself as being in a pit of miry clay, likely another of his despairing moments, perhaps even on reflection of his sins.  He needed to be rescued, not necessarily from his enemies, but from his state of mind.  David says he waited patiently, understanding that he might not be instantly rescued.  And he trusted that God alone would save him.
I waited and waited and waited some more;
patiently, knowing God would come through for me.
Then, at last, he bent down and listened to my cry
(Psalm 40:1, tpt).
Do you feel as though your emotions are on slippery ground or that your thoughts are stuck in the miry clay?  Are you willing to wait patiently for the great rescuer to lift you up and place your feet on solid ground?  Take a moment today to ask God for his help, recognize the necessity of waiting, and trust him for the rescue.
                       
Borrowed from “A Little GOD Time for Women”
Lisa Beretz, LLBeretz@gmail.com    

Whether you have generated a color-coded list of goals, dreams, and an execution plan for the next 365 days of you’ve banned resolutions and vowed to make this just another day on the calendar, the clean slate represented by the first day of a new year is filled with an undeniable air of expectation.  The excitement of a new bauble or gadget pales in comparison to the promise of a new beginning.  Deep down inside, there is a part of us which thinks, “This could be my year!”

Guess what?  It is your year.  This day, and every one that follows, is yours.  It is yours to choose who and how to love, to serve, and even to be.  And the choice you made in reading this page represents the choice to take this journey in the company of your heavenly Father.  That is a beautiful place to start.
 
“I am about to do something new.
See, I have already begun!  Do you not see it?
I will make a pathway through the wilderness.
I will create rivers in the dry wasteland” (Isaiah 43:19, nlt).
 
What new thing would you like to do this year?  What pathways do you need God to Clear?
 
Taken from “A Little GOD Time for Women”
Happy New Year,
Lisa Beretz, LLBeretz@gmail.com