We Need Time To Process

Maybe we were never meant

to have all the answers.

Maybe the fact that we all

go through things 

that overwhelms each other

is the proof that each of us

needs and can point each other to 

the only One who can accept 

all our intricate needs

and in Whom 

we can find relief.

So we hear one another's story.

And if we are patient 

and allow time to let others process 

what they've heard

and let them do their God thing,

in time we can learn to encourage

and hear what God wants to say.

We can take time to pray 

for each other in our quiet moments.

When we are patient in the process 

of building relationship,

we can see progress made.

And in the end we see

that it wasn't the person

who had all the answers for us

or could snap to attention

and do all we demand.

It was the ones who were there

when the need was desperate

and the heart couldn't even utter

or formulate a plan to move forward.

But they stood by and walked with.

And stepped in 

when they heard they could.

Sometimes it isn't the immediate

gratification of all we think 

is important in that moment,

but give God time to speak

and give ears time to hear

and give mouths time to 

graciously form

words.