Rebel to Redeemed: Waiting on God’s Timing

I recently read a story of a prodigal who also struggled for twenty years.  She remarked that she gave her life to Christ and the next morning she was a new person.  So many of the issues she’d struggled with were completely taken away.

Waiting is hard, but God’s timing is not usually our timing

I don’t know why God acts differently with different people.  In many ways I wish I could say that had been my story, but that’s far from the case.

My healing took almost six years to complete.  There were times when I grew very frustrated.  I grew to the point that I felt “stuck” in so much of my life.  Nothing was what I wanted or the way I dreamed it would be.  I was working and existing to get by but not enjoying much of life.

This was a heavy time of caregiving in my life and that can become very lonely.  I felt all alone and lonely.  I begged God for friends, but he was the one constant in my life.

I prayed, cried, and sung my heart out but nothing changed.  I didn’t understand why and began to wonder if God had forgotten me.  However, at the same time I was thankful to be somewhere safe.

Nothing I did seemed to change the situation.  Even when I attempted to change things up or begin a routine, nothing seemed to work.

Would God ever remember me and bring me out of this depression and loneliness?