But death will be destroyed forever. And the Lord God will wipe away every tear from every face. In the past, all of his people were sad, but God will take away that sadness from the earth. All of this will happen because the Lord said it would.
At that time people will say, “Here is our God!
He is the one we have been waiting for. He has come to save us.
We have been waiting for our Lord.
So we will rejoice and be happy when he saves us.”
Isaiah 25:8-9 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
Waiting. Waiting with tears and sorrow. Waiting for an end to death. Waiting for God to save us. Waiting for the promise. A promise that God later repeats:
“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death, sadness, crying, or pain. All the old ways are gone.” Revelation 21:4 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
Waiting. Because life requires it. Because growth can’t happen without it.
“Above all, trust in the slow work of God.
We are quite naturally impatient in everything
to reach the end without delay.
We should like to skip the intermediate stages.
We are impatient of being on the way to something
unknown, something new.
And yet it is the law of all progress
that it is made by passing through
some stages of instability—
and that it may take a very long time.
And so I think it is with you;
your ideas mature gradually—let them grow,
let them shape themselves, without undue haste.
Don’t try to force them on,
as though you could be today what time
(that is to say, grace and circumstances
acting on your own good will)
will make of you tomorrow.
Only God could say what this new spirit
gradually forming within you will be.
Give Our Lord the benefit of believing
that his hand is leading you,
and accept the anxiety of feeling yourself
in suspense and incomplete.”
― Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Wait for and confidently expect the Lord;
Be strong and let your heart take courage;
Yes, wait for and confidently expect the Lord.
Psalm 27:14 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Because all His promises will be kept.
For all the promises of God in [Jesus] are “Yes,” and in Him “Amen,” to the glory of God through us. 2 Corinthians 1:20 Modern English Version (MEV)
And that’s a promise.