The Father Remembers Your Desires
What we do or not do, while we wait. An early Easter post, hehe.
27 aPeace I leave with you, my bpeace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be ctroubled, neither let it be afraid.
— John 14: 27
Easter is coming. I thought about how Jesus Christ’s closest friends may have felt after He died on the cross. How Mary— His mother, felt. The waiting period— the many excruciating, sinking feelings of the Bitter Cup and Great Plan. A mother’s cry for her Son— incomparable anguish, lamenting, and undying hope lay together. Great darkness for what seemed like forever.
3 Nephi 8:23— And it came to pass that it did last for the space of three days that there was no light seen; and there was great mourning and howling and weeping among all the people continually; yea, great were the groanings of the people, because of the darkness and the great destruction which had come upon them.
Waiting on the Lord is similar to waiting on a miracle. Feelings of not knowing what to do while waiting seems daunting… especially when we seek answers to deep, urgent questions. It can be exhausting. Sometimes it could even feel like our prayers don’t matter much, especially if they are not answered as expected.
But there is Peace in God’s silence. We don’t have to sit while we wait. I realize that when we pray to seek answers, it is never the answer that gives us the guaranteed peace we want. To be frank, I received several answers that I did not expect.
Answers that felt like the spray of alcohol to cleanse the wound, but I was more focused on the pain.
Answers that didn’t come until I took the scary leap of faith.
Answers that only came clear in the very silence of God.
No matter the answer or outcome we expect or desire,
the guaranteed peace has already been given,
for He has risen.
The Living Answer. The Living Outcome. The Living Light. The Living Peace.
Because He lives,
we can have the Peace we want now,
as we ask,
as we act in humility,
with full trust,
unwavering.
Yes. Seemed nothing made sense about Jesus death, until Sunday.