stop lights and rail road crossings

we wait. we wait for the storm to pass, for the sun to shine, for sickness to leave our frail and exhausted bodies. we wait the phone to ring, for the doctor to tell us results, for answers from an interview. we wait for people to change, for our cars to be ready at the shop, for paint to dry, and for songs and seasons to be over. we wait it out. we stop and wait. we wait just a minute.

"The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still." Exodous 14:14

Deut. 1:29-30 "...'Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them. The LORD your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes, and in the desert. There you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.'"

so we wait, we hold on, we sit tight. we wait for answers that may never come, for people that may never change, and for seasons that seem as if they will go on forever.

in the words of my girl christina from grey's anatomy,

"In some ways, betrayal is inevitable. When our bodies betray us, surgery is often the key to recovery. When we betray each other, the path to recovery is less clear. We do whatever it takes to rebuild the trust that was lost. And then there are some wounds, some betrayals... that are so deep, so profound that there is no way to repair what was lost. And when that happens, there's nothing left to do but wait."

"I am still confident of this:
       I will see the goodness of the LORD
       in the land of the living.

Wait for the LORD;
       be strong and take heart
       and wait for the LORD." Psalm 27:13-14