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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 walks through a peaceful botanical garden at golden hour carrying a Bible, journal, and coffee as the message "Discipline Is a Form of Love" reminds believers that small faithful habits protect what matters most.

While You Wait Wednesday

We don’t usually think of discipline as loving. It sounds more like rules, restrictions, things we have to do instead of things we want to do. But in this week’s While You Wait Wednesday, Dr. Lael flips that idea on its head. Discipline isn’t about restriction. It’s about protection. It’s how we guard the things […]

Discipline Is a Form of Love

While You Wait Wednesday

with Rev. Dr. Lael C. Melville

While You Wait Ministries