Waiting for Clarity

Waiting on God.  We hear that term thrown around so much.  "I'm just waiting on the Lord...."  And none of us like to wait.  And even less than liking to wait is the trusting God for the answers, even when it doesn't line up with mine. I think of the people Jesus healed that had been blind from birth, plagued for years with crippled legs, bleeding diseases, and other infirmities that they carried until the Savior touched them.  

But it's not just physical healing we wait for.  It's answers to God visits!  Sometimes our Father comes along and shows us a sign, but we can't figure out what  He is wanting to say.  That happened to me yesterday.

I went for my annual mammography.  The practice of this facility is to give you a card with the name of the person who checks you in and the person who does the mammo.  The ladies sign their name to the card and you are asked to do a short survey on the care you received while there.  

As background for the day I was meeting a friend to go to another friend's house so we could clean for her.  She has cancer and would be having houseguests the next day and wanted the place spruced up.  She is unable to do this as the cancer has really taken a toll on her body.  The doctors feel there is nothing left to do for her.  

At the mammo center I was talking to the technician about how my cousin/godchild had just rang her bell after finishing a years worth of treatment for breast cancer.  She was cancer free!  Thank You Lord.

All this to say, when I walked out of the facility I looked at the card they ladies had signed.  Strangely enough, the woman who registered me was named Fran.  And the technician was named Brenda.  I did a double take.  

The woman whose house I was headed to clean is named Fran.  My cousin is named Brenda.  This was just the oddest coincidence.   I really don't understand what it means.  Will it be a miracle, a lesson....whatever it is or will be I don't think this happened by accident.  This is a God thing.  He has something in store.  

Of course I know what I'd like to see.  I'd like to see our friend Fran restored to full health like my cousin was.  But God is God and He has the best plan.  I look forward to seeing it unfold.  

Lord, You do nothing without a reason.  I don't know what this all means, but I know that You are good and wise and loving.  Please take care of Fran today.  Give her Your peace, Your healing and Your hope.  Let her body be free from pain today.  I thank You for Brenda's healing.  I thank You for allowing her to stay here on earth with us, especially with her daughter.  You are so good to us.  Glorify Your Name in all of this.  It's in the Name of our Savior we pray.  Amen.  

Be at peace in the waiting.