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God, Help Me Trust Your Timing | A Prayer for Patience & Peace · The Power of Prayer

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  Heavenly Father, the hardest part is sometimes
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  the waiting. Waiting for an answer. Waiting for
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  an opportunity. Waiting for the ache in my heart
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  to grow quiet. Today, I bring you the part of
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  me that is tired of wondering when things will
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  change. Before I ask you to open a door, help
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  me become still enough to recognize your guidance.
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  Before I ask you to change my circumstances,
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  meet me here. Remind me that I can speak honestly
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  with you, even when my words are uncertain and
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  my faith feels small. You know what I have been
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  hoping for. You know the prayers I have whispered
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  in the dark and the questions I have carried
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  through ordinary days. Nothing in my heart is
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  hidden from you. I do not need perfect words
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  to draw near. I come as I am. Forgive me for
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  the times I have measured your love by how quickly
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  I received an answer. Forgive me for comparing
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  my life with someone else's. and believing I
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  had fallen behind, help me celebrate their blessings
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  without treating my own life as a disappointment.
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  Teach me to live faithfully in the season I am
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  in. There are things I cannot solve today. There
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  are decisions that involve other people. Circumstances
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  be beyond my control. And answers give me the
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  humility to recognize my limit and the courage
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  to take up responsibility for what is mine to
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  do. If there is a conversation I have been avoiding,
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  help me speak with honesty and kindness. If there
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  is work I need to finish, I need rest. Do not
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  let uncertainty consume the hours you have placed
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  in my hands. Help me notice the person beside
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  me. Find reasons for gratitude. Let your love
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  settle the question of my work. I do not have
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  to earn the way for the person listening who's
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  been waiting far longer than they expect. The
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  situation. Teach me how to pray honestly. Help
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  me bring you my sorrow without...