Tricia McNair: Noble Life Ministries

Like Hannah waiting to bear a child, change can be long and painful coming.  Many of us who believe in God, our LORD,  feel like the writer did when he wrote Psalm 102:1-2 " ADONAI (LORD), hear my prayer! Let my cry for help reach you! Don't hid your face from me when I am in such distress! Turn your ear toward me when I call be quick in reply!"  The Psalm is from a sufferer who is overcome by weakness and he is pouring out his complaint before the LORD. He has been waiting for God to do something to change his situation. He said that he has even being eating ashes like bread and mingling tears with his drink since God picked him up just to toss him aside (vs. 9-10)!  When you truly trust the LORD you can freely and respectfully talk to him about the pain you are feeling while you are waiting.   I know that I have been in a situation where I felt the same way. I would say, "Just God, do something about this situation because I know you can!  I know you hear m

"There is a way that seems right to a man,  but its end is the way to death." Proverbs 14:12 Charles Spurgeon , a Particular Baptist preacher,  strongly opposed the owning of slaves. He lost support from the Southern Baptists, sales of his sermons dropped to a few, and he received scores of threatening and insulting letters as a consequence. He knew that slavery was just clearly wrong! It was an easy decision. He taught his children the difference between right and wrong.  He also prayed that not only would they know the difference between right and wrong, but they would be able to discern the difference between right and almost right!  Almost right is like the answer to a two part math problem you got the first part right, but the second part is wrong, which still makes the entire answer wrong. Yet, you were almost right. Did you solve the second part based on what you thought was right or did you apply the principle of the equation?  How do you discern what is r