As a pastor I have been in numerous waiting rooms with families hoping to hear good news. I have been there for the success and the loss. It feels like most often the unknown periods of waiting are the hardest thing to endure. I trust the medical staff and know that they are trying to communicate as frequently and openly as possible. I can only imagine the pressure they endure as they work feverishly to resolve the matter and in the end can only say what they know, which does not always comfort. I say I can imagine it as there are times when people have asked me “where is God or will God heal?”
Today, I share with you these thoughts, because I am waiting. Unfortunately, I am 2,700 miles away from the ICU waiting room and waiting. All the questions that you ask of God when you wait I am asking.
In the midst of the sorrow and frustration there is peace. Not that I am okay with what is happening, but peace that God is there with my family and here with the rest of us. It’s not an audible thing or a sky writing thing. It is a heart thing.
My prayer for you is that whatever you are facing today that you will experience the God that loves you and the peace in his Son Jesus.
Rev. Shawn J. Smith 