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Ever Been Forgotten in a Waiting Room? · Kate’s Devotional Podcast

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  SPEAKER_00: Hi, I'm Kate Dresden, and welcome to Kate's Devotional Podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: I drop my podcast every Wednesday.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's always a five-minute or less devotional to bring you encouragement as we try
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  SPEAKER_00: to live our lives according to the Bible.
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  SPEAKER_00: So glad you're here.
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  SPEAKER_00: I saw a story on social media this week and I just had to share.
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  SPEAKER_00: I know there are many of you who can relate to this story.
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  SPEAKER_00: So this lady named Sarah, she goes into her endocrinologist office.
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  SPEAKER_00: She had a three o'clock appointment.
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  SPEAKER_00: So they take her back to the exam room at 3.15 and the nurse tells her the doctor's
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  SPEAKER_00: running a little late.
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  SPEAKER_00: How many times have we all heard that?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well,
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  SPEAKER_00: Sarah had some long wait times in the past,
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  SPEAKER_00: so she didn't think too much of it when the nurse said that.
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  SPEAKER_00: So she gets out her cell phone.
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  SPEAKER_00: She calls someone in her family to help pass the time.
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  SPEAKER_00: And one thing leads to another.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's now two hours later, so it's 5.15.
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  SPEAKER_00: And she notices that she doesn't hear any noise going on outside her room.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so she gets off the phone, opens the door just a little bit, and hears nothing.
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  SPEAKER_00: So she ventures out and of course,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: she has to turn on her camera so that she can film it for her social media account.
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  SPEAKER_00: But she realizes everybody's gone.
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  SPEAKER_00: So obviously they forgot she was there.
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  SPEAKER_00: They didn't check the exam rooms before they left for the day.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, I don't know if that's ever happened to you or not.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thankfully, I can say that I've never experienced being left in an exam room like that.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now I have been left in an exam room for a long time or even in a waiting room for a long time.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I started to wonder, have they forgotten about me?
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  SPEAKER_00: But at least there was still staff around.
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  SPEAKER_00: So when I went out to say, is it going to be much longer?
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, at least there was someone to ask.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, being left in limbo like that for a long time is definitely the pits.
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  SPEAKER_00: What about you?
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  SPEAKER_00: Have you ever been forgotten while you've been waiting?
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  SPEAKER_00: What about God's waiting room?
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  SPEAKER_00: Have you ever been left there for what seems like forever?
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you've asked God for something and you're just still waiting on an answer.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes it can feel like he's forgotten us and that we're waiting all by ourselves.
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  SPEAKER_00: But as you know, answers to prayers can take weeks, months, or even years.
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  SPEAKER_00: God's not on our timetable.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I know we get impatient when we can't understand why God isn't answering right away.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I'm so glad that we're never forgotten.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, we can't forget that his ways are higher than ours.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we can't see the bigger picture with all the moving parts, but we know he's working for our good.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, in Isaiah chapter 55 verses 8 and 9, I'm going to read out of the New King James Version.
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  SPEAKER_00: It says, For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: For as high as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways.
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  SPEAKER_00: and my thoughts than your thoughts.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, we can be assured that he's never missed our prayer.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's not gotten too busy and forgotten about us.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's well aware of everything going on in our lives, and we can trust his timing.
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  SPEAKER_00: So if you're waiting on an answer from God, don't give up.
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  SPEAKER_00: Don't throw in the towel.
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  SPEAKER_00: Keep bringing it up to him in prayer.
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  SPEAKER_00: But don't forget, we have to accept his answer, even if it's a no.
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  SPEAKER_00: or even if it's a wait.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's doing what's best for us.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I know it's not easy.
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  SPEAKER_00: I know because I have a few answers I'm waiting on too.
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  SPEAKER_00: But God is good.
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  SPEAKER_00: So make it a great day.
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  SPEAKER_00: And thanks for listening.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you want more of my written devotionals or podcasts,
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  SPEAKER_00: check out my free Substack account at katedreston.substack.com.