Better Late Than Never!

Talk about having children "late in life!"  Well, Abraham was 100 and Sarah was in her 90's!  God always keeps His promises.  I can't imagine how Sarah felt--waiting all those years.  It was a disgrace if women didn't bear children in those days.  She must've been talked about, shunned, and felt cursed.

Have you ever asked God for something and felt He was going to give it to you--and it didn't happen?  You waited...and waited...and finally gave up hope?  Or, you tried to "help God" in the process?  Well, that's what Sarah did!  She thought God needed her assistance.  She ordered her handmaiden to "sleep" with Abraham--and Abraham didn't object!  Therefore Ishmael was conceived.  NOT the child God had promised!!!  They "got ahead of" God's plan...and it caused a lot of trouble, disappointment, and heartache.  However--years later--their "promised son" was born.

These days many children are born "out of wedlock."  Couples can't wait to have sex--or bother to get married.  They do it their way and push God out-of-the-way!  It's common practice to "sleep"  together on a 1st or 2nd date!  It's "expected" these days!  

I had my 1st child a year after we were married--but had to WAIT nine l-o-n-g years to have my 2nd child.  It was worth the wait--even though I thought God was late in granting my wish as I had wanted a 2nd child two years after having the 1st.  (I can't imagine how Sarah and Abraham felt having to wait so long!)

What are you WAITING for....what has God PROMISED you that hasn't appeared yet?  Don't give up (ABORT) your HOPE!  If He promised you, he will DELIVER!!!

Have FAITH in God ... don't lose HOPE...God LOVES you and will do what's best for you IN HIS TIME...which will be right on time!

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven.

Isaiah 40:31 - But those who WAIT on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.

FAITH takes God at His Word when circumstances seem to deny the truth of His promises.  Our ability to endure will depend upon our allowing the Holy Spirit to train us to this kind of faith.