It ain't Over.......

I am an action person! When something comes up, I want to go straight into action. However, there are times when I can do absolutely nothing but believe, pray, and wait.

Reading and watching the devastation that Hurricane Sandy left in NY and NJ, I felt like I wanted to go to those areas and do something. I thought of myself being there helping people to go through their water soaked houses to find items that they really wanted to keep; I imagined myself holding and soothing people's children as they went out to do whatever needed to be done, and my list of things to do went on and on and on..... But, I had to stop myself and think "It ain't over, until God says it's over." Those people are going to be good. There is nothing I can do physically right now, but I can believe, pray, and wait.......

Yesterday, I was running a little late for church. Church starts at 8, and I normally get there around 7:30 or so to make sure that I sit in the front. (I prefer to have as few distractions as possible during church. So, I get there early, and sit in the front.) However, I got there around 7:50 and instead of sitting in the back, I decided to sit in the balcony. (Everything happens for a reason.) My dear friend, who also attended Tuskegee and is winning the battle with cancer, happen to sit in the balcony, and we got to worship together. During prayer time, we were asked to share with people around us what we were praying for. My friend stated that she was praying for her scans, which are going to take place on Tuesday, to give her positive results. Of course, this made me cry, and I cried off and on throughout church, the rest of the day, and today it is a true struggle for me to keep it together.

I wish that there was something I could do like share some of the cancer, and we could fight this thing together and win, but I had to stop myself and say "It ain't over, until God says it's done." There is nothing I can do but believe, pray, and wait.......

This Presidential election has people on edge like never before. I want to go to the polls and convince every voter to see things MY way. However, who said that my way is THE WAY? I believe that even without me convincing every voter to see things my way: "It ain't over, until God says it's done."

Yesterday, I thought about Governor George Wallace, who was the Governor of Alabama who served four nonconsecutive terms: 1963–1967, 1971–1979 and 1983–1987. In 1963, he stood on the steps of one of the buildings at the University of Alabama determined that this University would not be desegregated. However, Governor Wallace did not have the last say; "It wasn't over:" Vivian Malone and James Hood, the two that the governor were trying to keep out of the University of Alabama, walked through those doors as well as my sister Tracy, my nephew and niece, Sherrell and Vance, and countless other people of color. Regardless to what the Governor did, it "It wasn't over, until God said it was done." (This gives me such a sense of peace!)

Sometimes we are placed in situations where what we can do is limited, and all that we can do is pray and believe and wait, and know that: "It ain't over, until God says it's done." 

I have an extremely heavy heart today, but "It ain't over!"