Why the Lord asks us to wait

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Schmidt is my favorite TV character in a show called New Girl. In one of their best episodes he sees something he wants, and in his limited view of the world he's furious that he can't have it and throws a tantrum. Later on he gains the proper perspective to move forward, but not before fixating on it and getting seriously injured in his pursuit of it. 

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 Image result for hope lds quotesI feel like Schmidt. I've had some recent setbacks that have really thrown me for a loop. Tyler has had to install nanny cams throughout the house to film any seizure activity I have so the neurologist can see exactly what's going on. I have new meds that make me sleep like a narcoleptic goat. I want things right now that I can't have: I want my seizures to stop, and I want my seizures to stop so I can have a baby. I want these health problems to stop interfering with my job performance. I want my body to calm down so that my life can move forward. These are righteous desires, so why is the Lord making me wait? Tyler's faith hasn't faltered, but mine has. I've cried out to the heavens in a childish whine of "Why can't I have the things that I want?!" I've never needed peace so badly in my life as I have right now. The winds of doubt have whistled loudly in my ears as I've spiraled downwards until a week ago when the prompting was strong and resounding--go study, go find an answer.


We are commanded to wait upon the Lord, and Pres. Eyring gives the simple definition that "the word wait in scripture language means to hope for or anticipate." I have faith, but I'm tired and I need relief. I know I'm not alone. Infertility, addiction, loneliness, financial struggles, mental illness, abuse, depression... I know many people who are silently crying out for compassion and relief from our Savior. I don't know when He plans to take this burden from me, but I am promised that alleviation is coming. It is coming. Until I get further answers than that, I will keep that echoing in my head.


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