Silence, my friend
You comfort me
You teach me to wait
Silence, my foe
You bring me insecurity
You teach me to wait
Both friend and foe
Temper your work in me
I learn to wait
Jas 1:4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing
Today I was “here” and tomorrow I may be “there“. The possibilities are endless when I allow myself to believe in the more we are promised.
When I was younger I was introduced to science fiction novels by Frank Herbert and others. With their imagination, I too was taken to other worlds, saw stars and walked planets all with mere words on a page. Those words were fiction. With renewed eyes I focus upon words of truth.
Act 8:39-40 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away. The eunuch never saw him again but went on his way rejoicing. Meanwhile, Philip found himself farther north at the town of Azotus. He preached the Good News there and in every town along the way until he came to Caesarea.
Heb 11:5 It was by faith that Enoch was taken up to heaven without dying-“he disappeared, because God took him.” For before he was taken up, he was known as a person who pleased God.
2Ki 2:11 Elijah and Elisha were walking along and talking, when suddenly there appeared between them a flaming chariot pulled by fiery horses. Right away, a strong wind took Elijah up into heaven.
