Until Yet Comes...

Yet (adverb)- up until the present or a specified or implied time; implies an action for a future time. (Google Definition, 2015).

You know, this is going to sound funny..But I'm willing to share because I believe this will bless somebody.  

I'm a stay at home mom to a bouncy, energetic 2 1/2 year old.  One of her favorite television shows (and quite frankly our morning ritual) is Sesame Street.  Well, on one of the episodes, the singer Janelle Monae sang a song called "The Power of Yet."  It was (admittedly) very catchy and of course my baby girl loved it.  Thanks to Directv dvr (digital video recording), I was able to rewind, rewind, rewind.  Around the 3rd rewind, I realize I had I misunderstood what Janelle was saying.

Her words became clearer.  I thought she was saying "yes" instead of "yet." After the song went off, that was it.  Or so I thought.  One of the funny things about God is how He will use any situation to get our attention and teach from it...but the catch is, will we "catch" it?  I did.  It was a couple of days ago that I got taught yet another lesson.

The word "yet" is very common in our vernacular. I'm almost positive we don't hold any weight or thought to it.  But the more I studied it, the more the pieces of this puzzle began to come together. Yet saves the space for something to come.  That thing that hasn't happened yet but is on it's way.  For Christians, that's where our faith comes into play.  

Hebrews 11:1(AMP) "NOW FAITH is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of the things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].   

Yet doesn't put the final "STAMP" on the sentence.  Yet leaves room for hope.  Hear me out, I understand that some people lose hope because the worst of the worst has happened or change seems like never.  But the truth is, yet makes room for development, change, and improvement.  I will definitely be the one to testify, attest, and be a witness to this.  

Many time I blog, it's out of an experience I've encountered or a hard lesson I had to learn.  This is one of them.  It's easy for us to confess with our mouths that Jesus is Lord and that His word is truth and stands forever.  It's easy until we are faced with something that blows tornado-like winds in our lives.  But what I've seen...   

1 Corinthians 2:9 (GW) "But as scripture says: 'No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things that God has prepared for those who love Him."  

Every scripture implies that though things seem bleak, God has made everything beautiful for its appointed time.  Some things He withholds to teach us, test us, correct us, or train us.  It's in the word yet that keeps us going strong.  Holding on to the faith we profess.

I'll reiterate this, I've been through my share of heartaches, ups, downs, blows, disappointments and everything else...in the middle of something as I type.  But my encouragement to you as I encourage myself, is don't give up.  Allow God to help you build a stronger, firmer foundation of faith.  In the meantime...believe in the power of YET....be blessed!!