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Courage [kur-ij] noun the quality of mind and spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.

The majority of our lives we are waiting for something. We wait for the right job, a suitable partner, a successful pregnancy, an appropriate move, a timely friendship. We wait for phone calls and emails. We wait for the healing of a loved one or ourselves. We wait for pain to pass and grief to resign. We wait for conventional happiness and expected joy. Because our lives surround waiting, it is important to decide how we will wait. We can choose to wait in fear or we can choose to wait with hope.

When we use the wisdom of a bigger picture to guide our daily interactions and prayer, we choose to wait in courage. We can choose to spin in worry of details that are out of our control. Or we can choose to surrender our wait to the mercy of God’s promises. His Word and promises will fill us up and renew our strength and energy with exactly what we need. And when we find ourselves empty again, we will cry out for more strength, more peace, more of his fatherly love. If and when we seek more, he will provide what we need. Because God is our constant and because he is our endless supply of a merciful and gracious love. We can reach for his love and be refilled and refueled every day.

I was called to write this devotion during a challenging season of waiting on my prayers to be answered. My husband and I desperately wanted to become parents and were struggling to do so. The Scriptures, personal stories, and journaling questions are a way to use God’s promises to lead you to faith in the waiting. My hope is that you use this devotion in any way that motivates and inspires you to wait with more hope and less fear.