Prodigal:  I have been waiting a while.

Me:  Me too!  We have to continue to still wait.

Prodigal:  The Lord will be with us.

 

This is from the book Sitting by My Laughing Fire by Ruth Graham

 

She waited for the call

that never came; searched every mail

for a letter, or a note,

or card,

that bore his name;

and on her knees

at night

and on her feet

all day, she stormed Heaven’s Gate

in his behalf;

she plead for him

in Heaven’s high court.

“Be still and wait,”

the word He gave;

and so she knew

He would

do in, and for,

and with him,

that which she never could.  Doubts ignored,

she went about her chores

with joy;

knowing though spurned,

His word was true.

The prodigal had not returned

but God was God,

and there was work to do.”

 

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.  Hebrews 10:22

 

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodgialpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org