Exploring 6 Characteristics of Waiting to Prompt Wisdom from God and Gain Invaluable Peace

Throughout our lives, we experience countless periods of waiting. Some moments are mere nuisances--others are daunting seasons filled with intense worry and doubt. We grow impatient by immovable traffic or crave an impending answer to a medical condition. Whatever our current circumstances, our innate response is to take action rather than stay still.

In Waiting Isn't a Waste, author Mark Vroegop calls believers to resist the human urge for control and lean on Christ for comfort while we wait for the uncertainties of life to unfold. Vroegop explores what it means to wait on God through 6 important characteristics--waiting is hard, common, biblical, slow, commanded, and relational. This book not only teaches readers how to wait on God but inspires them to embrace waiting--for it prompts wisdom from God and brings invaluable peace to the present.

• Written for Christians in Seasons of Waiting: Those struggling with anxiety, discouragement, or weariness as they wait
• Explores 6 Characteristics of Waiting: Waiting is hard, common, biblical, slow, commanded, and relational
• Written by Mark Vroegop: Author of Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy, which was named the ECPA 2020 Christian Book of the Year

Named the ECPA 2020 Christian Book of the Year

Lament is how you live between the poles of a hard life and trusting God's goodness. Lament is how we bring our sorrow to God--but it is a neglected dimension of the Christian life for many Christians today. We need to recover the practice of honest spiritual struggle that gives us permission to vocalize our pain and wrestle with our sorrow. Lament avoids trite answers and quick solutions, progressively moving us toward deeper worship and trust.

Exploring how the Bible--through the psalms of lament and the book of Lamentations--gives voice to our pain, this book invites us to grieve, struggle, and tap into the rich reservoir of grace and mercy God offers in the darkest moments of our lives.

Expresamos nuestra tristeza a Dios por medio del lamento, pero para muchos cristianos hoy es una dimensi n olvidada de la vida cristiana. Debemos recuperar la pr ctica de esa expresi n espiritual sincera que nos da permiso para vocalizar nuestro dolor y luchar contra el abatimiento. El lamento evita las respuestas f ciles y las soluciones r pidas, y nos ayuda a avanzar progresivamente hacia una adoraci n y una confianza m s profundas.

Este libro analiza c mo la Biblia da voz a nuestro sufrimiento por medio de los salmos de lamento y el libro de Lamentaciones. Nos invita a dolernos, luchar y aprovechar la rica reserva de gracia y misericordia que Dios ofrece en los momentos m s oscuros de nuestra vida.

Lament is how you live between the poles of a hard life and trusting God's goodness.

Lament is how we bring our sorrow to God--but it is a neglected dimension of the Christian life for many Christians today. We need to recover the practice of honest spiritual struggle that gives us permission to vocalize our pain and wrestle with our sorrow. Lament avoids trite answers and quick solutions, progressively moving us toward deeper worship and trust.

Exploring how the Bible--through the psalms of lament and the book of Lamentations--gives voice to our pain, this book invites us to grieve, struggle, and tap into the rich reservoir of grace and mercy God offers in the darkest moments of our lives.