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 listening attentively to another woman in a peaceful garden café, illustrating honesty, healing, and the power of safe community.

Prayer & Perspective

PERSPECTIVE Can I say this plainly today? You do not always have to pretend you are okay. I know sometimes it feels easier. Easier to smile. Easier to stay busy. Easier to keep conversations surface level. Easier to say, “I’m fine,” than explain what is actually happening inside of you. But pretending can become exhausting. […]

You Don’t Have to Pretend You’re Fine

Prayer & Perspective

with Rev. Dr. Lael C. Melville

While You Wait Ministries