Day 70: Oh Hum; "I Guess God Isn't Listening to Me."
Read: Psalm 20:1 - 5
Have you heard this before - the oh hum's? You are waiting for that
something to happen. You tell somebody how important and how wonderful
it would be if that one thing you are waiting for would just show up.
You are waiting in eager anticipation for this singular moment but only
end up in an endless cycle of delays and excuses and hopeful
expressions of maybe tomorrow, maybe next week or next month looks very
promising. People keep asking you how it's going and you just keep your
chin up.
There is the endless array of hopeful expressions. "Oh
hum, don't worry about it, just keep waiting something is just bound to
happen sooner or later." "Oh, hum, just be patient I am sure that
something will change real soon." "Oh hum, just hang in there, things
cannot stay the same forever - it just seems that way." It is "Oh hum"
this and "Oh hum" that. Lets face the truth of it, it is incredibly
frustrating to listen to even the very best of their intentions. Believe
me, I appreciate their thoughts but my circumstance is still not
changing neither is much progress being made toward better.
Well this is how I am feeling right now while I am patiently (?) waiting for some small bit of meaningful resolution. It has been four years worth of waiting
and it has been little more that one "Oh hum" after the other - even
from the Doctors treating me. I can read the first four verses of this
Psalm and I think to myself "Oh Great, David's great chorus of "Oh
Hum's!" Just what I need to hear -- I don't think so! I keep right on
praying to God like I am supposed to for a break through. However, the
only answer I seem to be getting from God is "Oh Hum, yeah I'll get to
that eventually."
Sometimes it seems like God's attitude
toward answering our prayers is too close to "Oh Hum" for comfort. There
are moments when even though I know God is alive and well and answering
prayers somewhere, from the midst of my frustration with my hip I find
myself sitting in my chair and only reluctantly praying for my healing. I
know that 'eventually' will arrive one day and there will be
resolution, however I do find myself deeply desiring that God will one
day rise up delivering my 'eventually' today. Right now, I will try to
put my "Oh Hum's" in their proper place - God's Altar!!
Father
God, Help me to transform my all too many "Oh Hum" moments into great
and glorious moments of song, worship and loudest praise to you. In
Jesus' name.
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Read: Psalm 20:1 - 5
Have you heard this before - the oh hum's? You are waiting for that something to happen. You tell somebody how important and how wonderful it would be if that one thing you are waiting for would just show up. You are waiting in eager anticipation for this singular moment but only end up in an endless cycle of delays and excuses and hopeful expressions of maybe tomorrow, maybe next week or next month looks very promising. People keep asking you how it's going and you just keep your chin up.
There is the endless array of hopeful expressions. "Oh hum, don't worry about it, just keep waiting something is just bound to happen sooner or later." "Oh, hum, just be patient I am sure that something will change real soon." "Oh hum, just hang in there, things cannot stay the same forever - it just seems that way." It is "Oh hum" this and "Oh hum" that. Lets face the truth of it, it is incredibly frustrating to listen to even the very best of their intentions. Believe me, I appreciate their thoughts but my circumstance is still not changing neither is much progress being made toward better.
Well this is how I am feeling right now while I am patiently (?) waiting for some small bit of meaningful resolution. It has been four years worth of waiting and it has been little more that one "Oh hum" after the other - even from the Doctors treating me. I can read the first four verses of this Psalm and I think to myself "Oh Great, David's great chorus of "Oh Hum's!" Just what I need to hear -- I don't think so! I keep right on praying to God like I am supposed to for a break through. However, the only answer I seem to be getting from God is "Oh Hum, yeah I'll get to that eventually."
Sometimes it seems like God's attitude toward answering our prayers is too close to "Oh Hum" for comfort. There are moments when even though I know God is alive and well and answering prayers somewhere, from the midst of my frustration with my hip I find myself sitting in my chair and only reluctantly praying for my healing. I know that 'eventually' will arrive one day and there will be resolution, however I do find myself deeply desiring that God will one day rise up delivering my 'eventually' today. Right now, I will try to put my "Oh Hum's" in their proper place - God's Altar!!
Father God, Help me to transform my all too many "Oh Hum" moments into great and glorious moments of song, worship and loudest praise to you. In Jesus' name.
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Hillsong - You Hold Me Now Video w/ Lyrics
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From
Hillsong's newest release, United, A_Cross//The Earth: Tear Down Walls,
"You Hold Me Now" I pray this video touches your heart and provides you
the hope...
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