Prayer & Perspective

A Place to Land While You're Still Waiting

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.

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

01 Read A five-minute word, Monday through Friday
02 Pray Bring what it stirs up straight to God
03 Reflect Write it down in the free companion journal
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Rev. Dr. Lael C. Melville gathered with a diverse group of women on a lakeside porch, encouraging one another through conversation, faith, and community during a Prayer & Perspective devotional about trusting God's process.

Prayer & Perspective

PERSPECTIVE Most of us enjoy seeing the finished product. We enjoy answered prayers, completed goals, healed relationships, and clear direction. What we struggle with is the process. The process often feels slow. It includes waiting, uncertainty, setbacks, and questions. It asks us to trust God when we cannot yet see the outcome. That can be […]

Trust the Process

Prayer & Perspective

with Rev. Dr. Lael C. Melville

While You Wait Ministries