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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.

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PRAYER AND PERSPECTIVE: THE BLOG

Rev. Dr. Lael C. Melville smiles while sitting beside her Bible and laptop, encouraging readers to finish the week with gratitude as part of While You Wait Ministries' Prayer & Perspective devotional series.

Prayer & Perspective

Friday, August 14, 2026 Perspective A renewed mind doesn’t happen overnight. It is cultivated one thought, one choice, one prayer, and one day at a time. As this week comes to a close, pause and notice where God has been at work. Perhaps you caught yourself replacing fear with faith. Maybe you responded with patience […]

Finish the Week with Gratitude

Prayer & Perspective

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