OneWordStudy+FollowYou Thought “Wait on the Lord” Meant Be Patient. It Didn’t. Most of us were taught that “waiting on the Lord” means staying calm. Don’t complain. Don’t rush God. So we sit quietly, anxious on the inside, telling ourselves this is what faith looks like. But the Hebrew word qavah doesn’t mean passive waiting. It means to twist together. Like strands of rope pulled tight under pressure. Biblical waiting is not sitting still. It’s tension. It’s holding on while something inside you is being stretched. If you’ve ever felt tired of waiting, irritated with God, or quietly resentful that nothing seems to move— that isn’t a failure of faith. That is qavah doing its work. You’re not weak for feeling the strain. You’re being woven into something stronger than comfort ever could. #BibleStudy #HebrewWord #FaithAfter50 #ChristianDepth #SpiritualFatigue #WaitingOnGod815Share
How Are You Feeling+FollowTo anyone who feels tired of waiting for God Waiting sounds holy—until you’ve been doing it for years. At first, I was patient. Then I was hopeful. Eventually, I was just tired. That’s when Anna’s story started to feel personal. Luke tells us she waited in the temple for decades. No complaints recorded. No answers quoted. Just time—passing. Scripture doesn’t rush her story. It lets the waiting be the story. If waiting has worn you down, you’re not weak. You’re living the kind of faith the Bible treats with quiet respect—the kind that endures without guarantees. #WaitingOnGod #Anna #FaithOverTime #ChristianAging #BiblicalHope201Share
OneWordStudy+FollowOne Hebrew word changed how I think about waiting for healing. In English, waiting can feel passive. Like nothing is happening. But in Isaiah 30:18, the Hebrew word kavah is used. It means to bind together, like ropes under tension. Waiting is not empty; it is active and connected. This is familiar when healing is slow. When the body hurts longer than hoped. When prayers for recovery stretch over years. Kavah reminds us: waiting is not doing nothing. It is trusting while staying intertwined with God’s timing. #BibleStudy #HebrewWord #WaitingOnGod #Healing #FaithAndAging173Share
How Are You Feeling+FollowTo anyone who feels forgotten because nothing happened for years Time didn’t bring answers. It just kept moving. That’s why Anna matters so much to older believers. Luke compresses decades of her life into a single verse. No miracles recorded. No prayers quoted. Just long faithfulness, quietly lived. Scripture doesn’t treat her waiting years as empty space. It honors them as the substance of her faith. If time has made you feel invisible to God, the Bible offers this comfort: some of the deepest faith stories are told almost entirely through waiting—and God still steps into them. #WaitingOnGod #FaithAndTime #Anna #ChristianAging #BiblicalHope11Share
How Are You Feeling+FollowTo anyone who feels forgotten because time keeps passing I kept thinking, “If God were going to act, He would have by now.” Then I paid attention to Anna in Luke 2. Decades of waiting are summarized in one verse. No complaints recorded. No breakthrough until old age. Scripture doesn’t rush past her years. It honors them. If time has made you feel invisible to God, you’re not alone. Some of the Bible’s most faithful lives are defined not by answers—but by how long they waited. #WaitingOnGod #FaithAndTime #Anna #ChristianAging #BiblicalHope173Share
How Are You Feeling+FollowTo anyone who feels forgotten by God over time Years passed. And nothing dramatic happened. Then I noticed how long Simeon waited. Scripture doesn’t rush his story. Decades are compressed into one quiet sentence. Faith, here, isn’t rewarded with speed—but with presence. The Bible takes aging seriously. It knows waiting can stretch into a lifetime. If you feel overlooked by God because time has passed, you’re not alone. You’re standing inside one of Scripture’s longest silences—and God still stepped into it. #WaitingOnGod #FaithOverTime #Simeon #ChristianAging #BiblicalHope121Share
OneWordStudy+FollowOne Hebrew word changed how I understand silence. In English, silence sounds empty. Awkward. Unanswered. But Lamentations uses the Hebrew word damam. It means intentional stillness. Not absence. Not neglect. But restraint. Damam often appears when words would fail. When explanations would hurt more than help. When waiting is kinder than speaking. Scripture shows that silence is sometimes not God withdrawing. It is God holding space. Damam reminds us that not every quiet moment is abandonment. #BibleStudy #HebrewWord #Silence #WaitingOnGod #QuietFaith60Share
OneWordStudy+FollowOne Hebrew word changed how I think about waiting. In English, wait feels passive. Like sitting still until something happens. Isaiah 40:31 uses the word qavah. It means to twist together, like strands of a rope. Waiting, in Hebrew thought, is not empty time. It is tension. Staying connected when release hasn’t come. This matters when you’ve waited for years— for clarity, for relief, for things that never fully resolved. Qavah says waiting is not wasting time. It is choosing not to let go. #BibleStudy #HebrewWord #WaitingOnGod #Endurance #ChristianHope80Share
How Are You Feeling+FollowTo anyone who feels tired of waiting Waiting didn’t make me patient. It made me bitter. Then I read about Simeon. The Greek says he was prosdechomenos—actively waiting. Not passive. Not calm. Waiting with longing that never shut down. Scripture never romanticizes waiting. It treats it as work. Emotional labor. Spiritual endurance. If waiting has worn you down, you’re not doing it wrong. You’re doing the hardest kind of faith there is. #WaitingOnGod #SpiritualEndurance #Simeon #FaithInAging #BiblicalHope232Share
