When we ended up having a 14-month engagement, there came a point in the middle of those months we both wondered if waiting until our wedding night it was even worth it.
Now, I can’t shout loud enough to anyone else waiting just how worth it the wait is. Now, I see the beauty of every lesson tucked inside the long days of a hard season.
So, here’s what I want to tell each one of you wondering if whatever God has you waiting on is worth it or if that wait will ever end:
YES, it is worth it. And the wait will end at the very right time.
Our world will give you a thousand reasons why it’s not worth it, and it’s only when you learn to live with a steadfast patience that you can understand just how steadfast God’s love for you actually is.
And I learned that the beauty of waiting is so underrated in our on-demand world. But I dare you to wait on the Lord in our on-demand world, anyway.
Because when we settle every fleeting desire in the moment instead of letting God work and shape our desires over time, we miss what it’s like to have our deepest desire–the one we’re ultimately trying to satisfy with all our instant gratification and destructive decisions–satisfied.
Persevere.
Press on.
Stay the path.
The long way is the narrow way but the narrow way is the life-giving way. And it’s more than worth it.
But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.Isaiah 40:31
