Praying for healing: Day 35

I have been very encouraged by this quote (from a great sermon) as I fight doubt surrounding my health by purposefully choosing to hope that healing will come: “We usually count victory by confronting and changing circumstances that we’re facing, but God counts victory when you pray again after loss.” Bill Johnson, An Unusual Victory

victorious waiting

©1-4-15 hannah mclean

i wait

i wish i could say with patience, 

but the peace i hold does not come easy 

nor is it due to lack of travail

as i cling to hope

with prayerful hands 

i wait 

my body sliding backwards

my spirit reaching heavenward

and yet 

i am victorious 

in this broken state

because where silence 

echoes back the wail of my heart 

i come again

and bow to pray 

again and again

i lay my head upon the Father's lap 

till His garments soak up my tears 

and His promises steady my shaking shoulders 

with Him i find

that in spite of every step i lose 

i know hope

i wait

i wait on Him to act

for without Him

i have nothing