Monday, May 19, 2008

what plans?

So tonight I will be working on making our blog private but I first wanted to post that we have been working on a plan B which I actually think has been Gods plan A, we just didnt realize it at first. We are hoping to have more news this week so keep us in your prayers. We are feeling very blessed right now! I have come to really appreciate the "plan" I will admit being frustrated at times and having to work on the Faith part but I truely believe and have felt that as long as we follow the Spirit and go where we are guided I know I KNOW that our little Malia will find her way to us and we will have open arms. Oh my goodness I just cant wait to hold and squeeze her! See ya'll on the the land of privacy... But first I have seen this poem a few times during this process and it seems I come across it just when I need it. I couldnt put it in better words how I am feeling now and I feel like I get it and I am ok with the wait.... for now! lol

by Russell Kelfer
Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried;
Quietly, patiently, lovingly, God replied.
I pled and I wept for a clue to my fate...
and the Master so gently said,"Wait."

"Wait? you say wait?" my indignant reply.
"Lord, I need answers, I need to know why!
"Is your hand shortened? Or have you not heard?
By faith I have asked, and I'm claiming your Word.

My future and all to which I relate hangs in the balance
and you tell me to Wait?
" I'm needing a 'yes', a go-ahead sign.
Or even a 'no,' to which I'll resign.
You promised, dear Lord, that if we believe,
We need but to ask, and we shall receive.
Lord, I've been asking, and this is my cry:
I'm weary of asking! I need a reply.

Then quietly, softly, I learned of my fate
as my Master replied again, "Wait."
So I slumped in my chair, defeated and taut,
and grumbled to God, "So, I'm waiting...for what?"
He seemed then to kneel, and His eyes met with mine...
and He tenderly said, "I could give you a sign.
I could shake the heavens and darken the sun.
I could raise the dead and cause mountains to run.

I could give all you seek and pleased you would be.
You'd have what you want, but you wouldn't know Me.
You'd not know the depth of My love for each saint.
You'd not know the power that I give to the faint.
You'd not learn to see through clouds of despair;
you'd not learn to trust just by knowing I'm there.
You'd not know the joy of resting in Me
when darkness and silence are all you can see.

You'd never experience the fullness of love
when the peace of My spirit descends like a dove.
You would know that I give, and I save, for a start,
But you'd not know the depth of the beat of My heart.
The glow of My comfort late into the night,
the faith that I give when you walk without sight.
The depth that's beyond getting just what you ask
From an infinite God who makes what you have last.

You'd never know should your pain quickly flee,
what it means that My grace is sufficient for thee.
Yes, your dearest dreams overnight would come true,
but oh, the loss if I lost what I'm doing in you.
So, be silent, my child, and in time you will see
that the greatest of gifts is to truly know me.
And though oft My answers seem terribly late,
My most precious answer of all is still "WAIT".

5 comments:

LaLa said...

I hope we both have our Malias soon....I would love to hear about your plans as we search out what God has planned for us as well.

alison said...

I am awaiting my invite.

Unknown said...

I have never heard that poem before, but it is something we all need to hear at times in our lives. I really loved it. I know Heavenly Father has someone special for you!

erinlo said...

I'm really excited to see what it is the Lord is leading you to!! I'm sorry you had to go private- I may be following shortly!

Tirsa said...

That is an incredible poem with such a true and beautiful message. Thanks for sharing. I'd never read it before.