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"Waiting is never wasted when God is in it."

Five days a week, Dr. Lael writes the word she needed on her own hardest days — short enough to read with your coffee, honest enough to sit with all day.

A Place to Land While You're Still Waiting

PRAYER AND PERSPECTIVE: THE BLOG

Rev. Dr. Lael C. Melville sits with a diverse group of women in a peaceful vineyard at sunset, sharing prayer, Scripture, and fellowship while reflecting on God's faithfulness during seasons of waiting.

Prayer & Perspective

PERSPECTIVE Waiting is rarely comfortable. Most of us would prefer answers over uncertainty, movement over delay, and clarity over questions. Yet waiting is a reality we all experience. The challenge is that waiting can feel unproductive. We wonder if time is being lost. We question whether progress is happening. We become anxious for what comes […]

The Wait Is Not Wasted

Prayer & Perspective