Waiting with faith
I will wait for the Lord to help us,
the Lord who is ashamed of the family of Israel.
I will wait for him. ~ Isaiah 8:17 (NCV)
So we are always confident, even though we know that as long as we live in these bodies we are not at home with the Lord. For we live by believing and not by seeing. ~ 2 Corinthians 5:6-7 (NLT)
KEY THOUGHT:
We live our lives in a way which reflects our faith that God wants to be with us.
PRAYER:
Gracious God, thank you for making a way for us to be with you. You do this even though people like me are content to deal with life on our own. As I veer off the way keep nudging me back onto the pathway of faith. Even though I can't see very far ahead I am going to trust you, Lord, to bring me home to you. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
