1. My Stones of
Rememberance =
Periods of waiting

2. Waiting for the Lord’s
promises to be fulfilled in my
life.

3. Waiting for crooked places in
me to be made straight.

4. Thankfully, I didn’t wait 40
years (in a desert)
But to me, might as well have been

5. God, where are you? Why
isn’t this going the way I
thought it would? Why am I
so weak?... Why am I so
weak?

6. Questions that haunted me at
two life-changing periods of
waiting-

7. #1- I move from Bloomington, Indiana to
Eugene, Oregon and find myself without a
safety net, without identity, without purpose.

8. #2- My daughter is born, and, as I hold her
in my arms, I have wave after wave of
despair because I think I don’t want to be a
mom afterall….

9. In these periods of painfully
waiting, I experienced truths I
knew, but had never really
KNOWN.
Such as…

10. He will provide ALL I need.

11. He can heal depression.

12. In my weakness, I am able to
fully recognize His strength.

13. Humbled, (literally on the
floor), I can physically feel the
Lord’s embrace.
He is always embracing me, but I had to be in that posture mentally,
physically, and emotionally to be able to feel it.

14. Nothing I think or feel scares
God or lessens His love for
me.

15. And, as stated so truthfully
and wisely by Steve
Pendleton, the greatest truth I
learned was

16. “God is not primarily interested
in changing my situation. He is
primarily interested in changing
my heart.”
Steve Pendleton
Thanks for being a mouth piece of truth!

17. If you are in a period of
waiting

18. Of wandering

19. Of experiencing a gap
between what you believe
(God’s truths) and what you
“know” (your apparent present
circumstance)

20. be encouraged, my friend!

21. 2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow in keeping his
promise, as some understand slowness.
Instead he is patient with you, not wanting
anyone to perish, but everyone to come to
repentance.

22. He is not slow in keeping his
promise to you.

23. Realignment will come.

24. Refreshing will come.

25. Healing will come.

26. And this time will be a stone
of rememberance for you

27. as you encourage others on
their journey.

28. We are all leaving Egypt
together!