Hope

Just after my mother-in-law passed, a dear friend shared her heartache over a prodigal son.  That led me to pray for him day after day.  Then one day, the Lord showed me that when we pray for those we love, according to His will, we can have hope that He will answer our prayer.  But sometimes we have to wait and wait for the answer to come.  As we leave our child in His hands, we can rest in the hope that one day He will answer.  That day this poem emerged…

Hope

Hope looks beyond what we can see

And believes that the time will come

When the Lord will do what He’s promised to do,

And HIS perfect will shall be done.

It knows we’ll have everything we ask,

When we ask it in Jesus’ name.

But we can’t limit God to the time we have set,

Because our time and His aren’t the same.

So we wait and wait for His answer,

Until it seems we can’t wait anymore.

But hope is never impatient,

For it knows God has great things in store!

Even when things seem hopeless,

When we feel that He’s not heard our cry,

Hope reminds us His promises are true,

And His answer is very close by.

Hope brightens our outlook when all seems lost;

It gives us more peace when we pray.

It says, “Persevere, child, and don’t give up,

For God hears every word that you say.”

Our hope comes in knowing He hears us,

That He loves and cares for us all.

He just knows everything else that must take place first,

Before He answers our call.

Lisa Marea Hare Wimberly

September 8, 2011