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A Midnight Thought
There are moments in the early morning when waiting feels especially heavy.
The house is quiet.
The world is still.
And movement is not yet possible.
It is in those hours when everything slows down that waiting becomes personal.
Not something we talk about, but something we must live.
And it is often there, in the stillness, that the heart speaks the loudest.
This reflection was born on one of those mornings.
Welcome, friends, to Breath by Breath With ALS.
You’re reading Midnight Thoughts,
where reflections rise in the quiet hours,
where faith meets waiting,
and where hope is found one breath at a time.
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Learning to Sit with the Waiting
It is another early morning.
Though I long to rise from bed, that moment is still hours away.
While everyone else rests, I wait,
waiting until I can be moved to my chair.
Waiting has never come easily to me.
But when ALS entered my life and my strength began to fade,
I discovered something I hadn’t understood before.
Patience is not simply enduring time.
It is something deeper.
Patience is faith, choosing to remain when nothing is moving.
It is hope that stays seated when fear urges us to rush ahead.
It is love that refuses to surrender, even when answers do not come quickly.
What Patience Has Taught Me
So I pray.
And I wait.
I wait for healing.
I wait for strength.
I wait for peace.
And while I would rather not wait,
I have come to trust that patience carries a reward,
one that only time, and faith, can reveal.
Waiting becomes bearable when faith gives it meaning.
A Promise for Those Who Wait
In the quiet, I listen for that still, small voice to speak:
“Be still and know that I am God.”
Scripture reminds us:
But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31
What a promise this is.
Not that waiting will be easy,
but that those who wait on the Lord will be renewed, restored,
and given strength to press forward.
Waiting With a Different Heart
I still wait.
But now I wait with a different heart.
A deeper patience,
one born from learning what it truly means
to place my hope in God’s timing.
That kind of waiting brings peace.
Not because answers arrive quickly,
but because trust slowly replaces fear.
Peace grows when we stop fighting time
and start trusting God.
A Quiet Invitation
If you are in a season of waiting,
waiting for healing, direction, strength, or clarity,
you are not alone.
Waiting does not mean God is absent.
Often, it is where He is working most deeply.
Sometimes faith looks like movement.
And sometimes, faith looks like stillness.
Thank you for spending these quiet moments with me.
If this Midnight Thought spoke to your heart:
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- Take a moment to breathe and rest in God’s timing
And remember,
take each breath with hope.
Trust God’s timing.
You are never waiting alone.
Until next time, God bless.
