Waiting on the Lord

Sitting before a mirror in her bedroom, Isabella Townsend takes a stroll down the memory lane of her mind, reflecting. Finally content for the first time in her life, she can't help but wonder if she had followed the road less traveled, would she have grown to be the woman she is today? Following her father's tragic accident, Isabella decided that she no longer needed to wait on God to map out her life. Look at where that got him-nearly paralyzed and living with agonizing pain every day of his life. No, she would take back the reigns and be in control of her own destiny. She would find her own happiness in life. But after ten years of an abusive marriage and three children later, Isabella was trapped in the depths of despair that she had created for them and she's finally forced to her knees with nowhere to turn but back to the God of her youth. "Wait on the Lord, Isabella," her mother used to tell her, but Isabella was never very good at waiting. How could the Lord ever forgive her? No matter what she had done that still small voice inside her kept calling her home..."I've been waiting for you, beloved". So like a homeless runaway, Isabella came crawling back home and laid it at the feet of the one who truly knew her like no other...