The Wait...

While waiting in the waiting room of Dr. Ash's office, I listened to a conversation between two complete strangers...a man and a woman; both just a few years older than I; the woman is 72 and the man is 78.

Everyone that was waiting had been patients of Dr. Ash for many years and came prepared....newspapers to read, crossword puzzle books; knitting, crocheting, anything to pass the time...because they knew the routine. Dr. Ash takes a personal interest in each and every one of his patients and he gets in no hurry.

Everyone knew this except one man that had never seen Doc before. He started his complaining about the wait and began to "entertain" everyone else. He made what he considered to be a "cute" comment about praying to God about something he wanted and ended the prayer with "and God, I want it NOW!".

In the course of his conversation with the woman, he disclosed his career; which he had been a physicist and a world traveler. And apparently, that's all he knew. He admitted he had no knowledge of spiritual things or what is written in the Word of God. "Religion was not his thing".

The woman, on the other hand, had lost her husband, not quite a year ago and from her responses to the man, knew the Word from beginning to end. She tried to explain a few basic things to him and his reply was..."Lady, I don't know where you're coming from".

All of us waiting in that room sat there in awe!

I sit here in my safe little world, with not an overwhelming amount of contacts, and forget that there are millions of people who are in the same spiritual condition as this man. Where do they find the strength to cope with their problems? Where do they gain the Hope of better things to come without the promises of God? Where do they receive the motivation just to get out of bed each morning, especially as they begin to age and their bodies begin to deteriorate?

Thinking about the man's "so-called" prayer and wanting it NOW, It would behoove us all to pray as David did:

"Hear my voice when I call, O Lord;
be merciful to me; and answer me."

Psalm 27:7

"Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord".

Psalm 27:14

If you're not spending as much time reading God's Word as you should (or not at all) The Bell is a good place to begin. Copy, paste, and print it out and carry it with you; but above all, put your Bible reading/study at the top of your priority list!

"Christmas Bell"


THE BELL

I KNOW WHO I AM

I am God's child (John 1:12)

I am Christ's friend (John 15:15 )

I am united with the Lord (1 Cor. 6:17)

I am bought with a price (1 Cor 6:19-20)

I am a saint (set apart for God). (Eph. 1:1)

I am a personal witness of Christ. (Acts 1:8)

I am the salt & light of the earth (Matt 5:13-14)

I am a member of the body of Christ (1 Cor 12:27)

I am free forever from condemnation ( Rom. 8: 1-2)

I am a citizen of Heaven. I am significant (Phil 3:20)

I am free from any charge against me (Rom. 8:31 -34)

I am a minister of reconciliation for God (2 Cor 5 :17-21)

I have access to God through the Holy Spirit (Eph. 2:18)

I am seated with Christ in the heavenly realms (Eph. 2:6)

I cannot be separated from the love of God (Rom 8:35-39)

I am established, anointed, sealed by God (2 Cor 1:21-22 )

I am assured all things work together for good (Rom. 8:28 )

I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit (John 15:16 )

I may approach God with freedom and confidence (Eph. 3: 12 )

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Phil. 4:13)

I am the branch of the true vine, a channel of His life (John 15: 1-5)

I am God's temple (1 Cor. 3: 16).

I am complete in Christ (Col. 2: 10)

I am hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:3)..

I have been justified (Romans 5:1)

I am God's co-worker (1 Cor. 3:9; 2 Cor 6:1).

I am God's workmanship (Eph. 2:10)

I am confident that the good works God has begun in me will be perfected. (Phil. 1: 5)

I have been redeemed and forgiven (Col 1:14).

I have been adopted as God's child (Eph 1:5)

I belong to God

Do you know

Who you are?