- Home
- The Comfort Kit
- Scripture for waiting on test results
One page for the pocket, the waiting room, and the night before
Free printable: Scripture for waiting on test results
Nothing to do, no news, every phone call a possible verdict. Waiting is its own kind of hard, and most verses people send are secretly about the news being good. These five are not. They are for the person by the phone, and they were written by people who then got the news, good and bad. Fold this and keep it in a pocket.
Download the PDF (one page)Get all of them: the Comfort Kit
What’s on it
The night before
- Habakkuk 3:17-18 — Though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, yet I will rejoice. The Bible’s clearest trust that doesn’t depend on the news being good. Say it before the call, so it’s already said.
- Psalm 4:8 — For sleep. Someone else is on watch.
The morning of
- Psalm 112:7 — A heart steady before the news, not after it. The only steadiness available while the phone hasn’t rung.
- Isaiah 41:10 — Five promises, and a hand. The verse doesn’t describe the news. It describes the company.
Every time the mind runs ahead
- Matthew 6:34 — Tomorrow will worry about itself. Today, the whole assignment is waiting. That is enough.
What to say
- “I know you’re waiting. I’m not going to ask. I’m just here.”
- “Whatever it is, you won’t hear it alone. Call me right after.”
- Offer to sit with them the night before, or to be there when the call comes.
How to use it
Pick one for the night before and one for the morning. Say them out loud. When the mind runs to tomorrow, name today’s one task, which is waiting, and come back to it. It’s a practice, not a switch.
One of the passages, in full
17For though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food; the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls: 18yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!
Though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, yet I will rejoice. The Bible’s clearest trust that doesn’t depend on the news being good. Say it before the call, so it’s already said.
Free to print and share; the footer of the sheet says so. If you keep a resource page for a church, a hospice, or a chaplaincy, you’re welcome to link here. How I choose verses.