Last week, in order to stay busy, I completed a few projects in my guest bathroom and laundry room that I had been wanting to get done over the summer, and that helped. This week, I have been trying to get stuff cleaned out and cleaned up, so that Landon will be coming home to a well organized and spotless house. I have already made a trip to Goodwill to get rid of stuff and still have 3 boxes of things to throw away on my kitchen table. Now, I'm just using some of my Pinterest inspired ideas to get the house spotless.
A few girls from my home group and I are doing Beth Moore's study on Esther over the summer. It's so neat how God has orchestrated all of our lives to be in community with each other, grow together, and be challenged by each other. Each of us are going through different struggles in our lives and yet we are all going through this study that seems to be for the exact season that each of us are in. One of the phrases that we have found almost comical that Beth Moore has said was when she used the the verse in Isaiah 40:31 which says, "but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint." He doesn't say "but they who wait for an event". He says, "they who wait on the Lord." This has been a constant struggle not only this summer but through out my life. I have waited to graduate from high school to go to the college of my dreams. I have waited to find a boyfriend. I have waited to marry my wonderful husband. I have waited for a job, and now I am waiting on my husband to come home. Beth Moore says not to wait on the event of something happening. Don't even wait on the event hoping that the Lord will make that event take place. Simply wait on the Lord. That's it. Nothing else. It sounds so simple and yet at times, it's so easy to lose focus of that with my fleshly and selfish heart, but nothing has been more rewarding than when I do find that rest and I truly am waiting on the Lord. He has renewed my strength when I have felt like I can't go another day without hearing from my husband. He has mounted me up with wings like eagles, even if that means just getting out of bed, off the couch, and out hanging out with friends. He has given me strength to just walk, go on with my daily life, and not faint. He. Is. So. Good.
With all that to say, I leave 1 week from today to go to South Carolina to see my husband and bring him home. While it has been hard to not spend all my time anxiously awaiting August 7th, waiting on the Lord has made this time of waiting so much sweeter.
