Your assignment while waiting

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart:
wait, I say, on the LORD.
Psalm 27:14 King James Version (KJV)

During the early 90s I was married to a man that fell ill early in our marriage.
As a 23 year old facing this I did not understand why we were going through this. How painful it was for me to see a faithful Man of God suffering through sickness.
One day as I was sitting on the edge of the bed crying out God I said to Jesus “Lord, Why Me”? I then heard a sweet voice from the Lord saying “Why not you”? The Lord said to me “I choose you for this assignment and only YOU could complete this task”. Suddenly I had a new outlook not only the situation but a new outlook on myself “Wow, God chose me”.
During the last year of his life my late husband said “I pray that God sends you someone to take care of you the way your have taken care of me”. After 14 years of suffering at the age of 39 he went home to be with the Lord. We were married for 17 years. Wow, what a humbling statement , that during my late husbands suffering he was praying that God prepare someone in the future for me. He felt that was his assignment.
Sometimes we don’t understand why we are assigned to a certain task but while waiting we are to be of good courage and to support those who are in need but also to show God’s strength through our assignment.
The Lord has now blessed me with wonderful husband who loves me and takes care of me. What a blessing, my late husband and I were both able to complete our assignment.
So the next time God gives you an assignment walk proudly in it and say “God chose me because He knew He could trust me to complete this assignment”.

“Lord, the task you have given me seems hard to do
But while waiting I know you will see me through”

“You cannot fully understand Chapter 2 until you have completed Chapter 1”