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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 smiles with four women in a beautiful botanical garden, encouraging them as they begin a journey of trusting God one faithful step at a time during the Prayer & Perspective devotional.

Prayer & Perspective

MONDAY AUGUST 3, 2026 Starting This Week: Your Free Weekly Companion Journal Beginning this week, every Monday you’ll receive a brand-new Prayer & Perspective Companion Journal designed to help you go deeper into each week’s devotional theme. It’s a simple way to slow down, spend time in God’s Word, and write what He’s revealing to […]

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