Yes JamesG, that is the way we sometimes feel. Did you see the movie beetlejuice and he swapped his number, which was in the millions for another number much closer? LOL! But it IS WONDERFUL that you are in the LORD"S waiting room!! Where there is love, hope, healing, happiness, provision, and forgiveness! He hears you, and his perfect will will be done. He is really setting there besides you, while you wait. So when one million two is called, he sees your love for him and how you have been there for others, while patiently waiting. He knows how hard you have tryed and that you have come to a point, where help is needed. Then he skips numbers ahead and showers you with wonderful blessings to get you going again, all in the LORD'S time. I don' know if it's 40 days or 40 years, But after We had prayed, for what seemed like a long time of 3 years, he blessed us with keeping our home of 10 years from foreclosure. I have 2 sons, 1 is in prison, last year due to the high stress of his brother being in prison, he became very, very sick and was in the hospital 31 days. Thought we were going to lose him, I prayer to the Dear Lord Almighty if it be his will, if he would touch him and heal him. But that if he brought him to heaven, if that be his will, that I wanted to thank him because he would be without pain and I knew the Dear Lord would take care of him, but that we would miss him very much.
Well, the Dear Lord touched him and brought him back to us. Still get teary eyed thinking about this. What a wonderful blessing! And JamesG there were even angels in his room above him, before the Dear Lord healed him. You couldn't see them, you could slightly hear them, but my son did not. He is still recovering and almost as strong as he once was. He had 10 abecsses on his liver and 12 on his brain, with infection throughout his entire body. So I think the Dear Lord, there is no set time, it's just according to his will. Be strong JamesG, The lord is with you, clear the path for his will to be done in your life. We are all praying with you.