Wait For His Word

You are my hiding place and my shield;
I wait for Your word. Psalm 119:114

It’s been three days since I wrote out the scripture to journal. I thought about coming to it yesterday but after the woman’s conference was feeling sore and didn’t. Today, I want God as my hiding place.

I don’t know why a tornado hitting my hometown feels so heavy to me. My children are all OK. My friends and family are all okay, although many have to leave their homes due to the damage and lack of power. The damage to our home is fixable. My husband already reached out to the insurance company. Although there has been fatality, it has been minimal compared to the damage I have seen.

Yet, still I need God to be with me, as my hiding place. I need Him to be my shield. I want to crawl inside and be with Him. I recognize it. I feel very raw. As my pastor’s wife said yesterday, “I don’t want to bleed on others”.

So I wait on a word from God. I wait for His Word that will bring me peace and comfort. I wait for His Word to take the weight from my heart. I wait for His Word to help me not feel so helpless. I wait for His Word to soothe my soul. I know God is in control. My faith does not waver. God is still good. God’s love for my hometown is greater than even mine.

Lord, thank You that I have learned I can always come to You. I wait on Your Word, knowing it is not the circumstances but the spiritual warfare that wages. Show me how and what to pray to calm my troubled spirit. Lord be with those who are impacted by the tornado and those who will be helping. Lord I wait for Your word. In Jesus name amen.