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Waiting for Wonder: Learning to Live on God's Timeline
Waiting for Wonder: Learning to Live on God's Timeline
Waiting for Wonder: Learning to Live on God's Timeline
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Waiting for Wonder: Learning to Live on God's Timeline

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It’s easy to believe God when a promise is new. It’s hard when the years pass and nothing changes. It’s even harder when desperation strikes, your plans backfire, and still God does not fill the emptiness. But what if, in this waiting, God is calling us to more?

Join author Marlo Schalesky on a unique, contemplative journey to reveal the wonder that is often missed when we find ourselves struggling to wait well. Walking through the life of the biblical character Sarah, one who knows what it means to wait, you will discover a glimpse of God’s character that will give you strength to keep hoping and praying for the desires of your heart.

Waiting for Wonder is a journey into the heart of God where you will wrestle with personal questions, think deeply about God’s true character, and learn to appreciate His divine work as you discover your own path to the promised land. Recapture your hope, restore your soul, and renew your vision of a wondrous Savior when you learn to live on God’s time.

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Release dateNov 4, 2016
ISBN9781501820113
Waiting for Wonder: Learning to Live on God's Timeline
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Marlo Schalesky

Marlo Schalesky is the award-winning author of nine books, including Empty Womb, Aching Heart: Hope and Help for Those Struggling with Infertility. Her novels include RITA-finalist Shades of Morning, the Christy Award-winning Beyond the Night, and ACFW Book of the Year winner Veil of Fire. Marlo is a small business owner with a masters in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary. She lives with her husband and six children in a log home in Salinas, California.  

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    Sometimes the hardest thing for us to do is wait for answers. Sometimes the hardest thing is to feel alone. Sometimes the hardest thing is to face our past. Sometimes the hardest thing is to feel free. With this book all those "sometimes " can be overcome and a new life emerges. I enjoyed how the author used the story of Sarah and showed how waiting can be painful, but God's timing is always perfect. Many of us have been through pain, hurt, loneliness and brokenness. As I began to read this book, I felt a sense of the past starting to rise up to trap me once again. But then I read,"He is the God who uncovers the deepest places of our shame and pain and promises to bless the whole world right from those places." It is time for us to allow God to heal us and hold our head up as His glory surrounds us. I can picture Him as He holds the hurting and dries their tears.I am not very patient and I try to run ahead and make things happen before it is time. I don't like when someone tells me I just have to be patient and wait. I really liked how the author used Haran in explaining why we are in that" holding zone " as I call it. We know of His promises so what is taking so long? It sure did open my eyes as I read that maybe we are in the way of moving forward. What it is in your life that is holding you back?The book is filled with stories that are easily relatable. The author breaks down subjects into different chapters and takes us on a journey with Sarah as she sees the promises manifest. This is a very intense book at times that really made me search myself. What thoughts have I had that is keeping me in a barren land like Sarah? Am I really listening to God or trying to do things my own way? Throughout the book I found encouragement, and scriptures that reminded me of His love and promises that He keeps. It is our choice to change things that are not right in our life and to experience God's unconditional love."No matter how helpless you are or how you've been betrayed, God can bring blessing and restoration to your life." I received a complimentary copy of this book from LitFuse. The review is my own opinion and I was not compensated for it.
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    I received Marlo Schalesky’s ARC of Waiting for Wonder at the perfect time. We have been in God’s waiting room many times throughout our marriage, but the last few months have been especially difficult. Her subtitle makes clear that: Learning to Live on God’s Timeline is not easy; it is a test of patience and faith to believe when you don’t see the future, and your hope is hanging by a tiny thread. Marlo has written beautifully about Abram and Sarai as they wait years for God to bless them with a child. What looks like to the casual reader of the Old Testament story of Abraham and Sarah a quick “God promised them a son and in a few years the promise was fulfilled, was in actuality a lifetime of one step forward and two steps back with lots of heartache. Marlo has retold their story with insights into how Sarai felt being barren during that time in history, and then she juxtaposes it with instances in her own life. Those insights put perspective on what I’m going through: very helpful. The book is less than 200 pages, and would be great to use in a woman’s Bible study or as a sensitive gift for anyone dealing with their own time in God’s waiting room. 5 stars.

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