{"id":9211,"date":"2023-06-08T23:14:51","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T06:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/?p=9211"},"modified":"2023-06-08T23:27:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T06:27:09","slug":"it-takes-courage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/it-takes-courage\/","title":{"rendered":"It takes Courage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Waiting is not an easy thing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever had a situation where you wished that time would speed up? I think we\u2019ve all probably had situations of anticipation where you wished that time would hurry up already. It\u2019s hard to wait when you\u2019re hoping and praying and waiting for something. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I remember when I was pregnant. My pregnancies were not delightful. I was SO sick. I was so tired. It was uncomfortable and frankly, miserable. But\u2026..I believed there was a beautiful ending and beginning. I hoped there was a beautiful ending and beginning and so, I waited. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I waited miserable, sick and exhausted. I tried to find the beautiful moments – like feeling the baby move inside me. It\u2019s one of my most favourite moments in life. But mostly I just waited miserable, sick and exhausted. I was biding my time waiting for the end of my misery and the beginning of wonder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m in another one of those times in life. I\u2019m not pregnant. Not a chance. I\u2019m way too old for those shenanigans. But I\u2019m in a season that sometimes feels confusing and challenging. It\u2019s a shifting season, a growth season, a rediscovery season and it\u2019s frustrating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my devotions today, I said, \u201cGod I need something. I need a sign or a message or something to encourage me.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then I read Psalms 27:14. (NLT)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Green<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Seriously! Wait. Wait??? Just wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the words that really stood out to me were those words in the middle of the verse. Be brave and courageous. In another translation it says \u201cBe of good courage and He will strengthen your heart.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I thought about those words today, it stuck with me that it takes courage to trust and wait. It takes strength of heart, determination and confidence to patiently wait when you don\u2019t want to, when you feel impatient; especially, when you just want to rush in and make things happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so, I wait. Hopefully with this reminder, I\u2019ll be a little more patient and I\u2019ll have a little more grace for myself and others. But I can also recognize that I am brave. I am strong. I am courageous. There is strength in waiting patiently and confidently. And so I wait. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Waiting is not an easy thing. Have you ever had a situation where you wished that time would speed up? I think we\u2019ve all probably had situations of anticipation where you wished that time would hurry up already. It\u2019s hard to wait when you\u2019re hoping and praying and waiting for something. I remember when I … Continue reading “It takes Courage”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[33,12,5,16,218,41],"tags":[222,254,209,87,255,204,211,252,216,251,201,150,213,253,207,212],"class_list":["post-9211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deep-thoughts","category-family","category-life","category-me","category-personal-growth","category-thankfulness","tag-awareness","tag-boldness","tag-childhood-trauma","tag-choose-joy","tag-courage","tag-gratitude","tag-love-yourself","tag-patience","tag-personal-growth","tag-psalm","tag-see-the-good","tag-thankfulness","tag-therapy","tag-waiting","tag-writing","tag-you-are-worthy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9211"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9213,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9211\/revisions\/9213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}