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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 beautiful flower garden with four women from different generations, illustrating biblical community, healthy boundaries, and protecting God's peace during Week 3 of Prayer & Perspective.

Prayer & Perspective

NEW Week 3: Guarded • Boundaries Protect Your Peace Monday, August 17, 2026 Perspective When we hear the word boundaries, we sometimes think of keeping people out. But biblical boundaries are less about exclusion and more about stewardship. Proverbs tells us to guard our hearts because everything in our lives flows from them. Our thoughts, […]

Guard What God Has Given You

Prayer & Perspective

with Rev. Dr. Lael C. Melville

While You Wait Ministries