We've been raised in a society that doesn't have to wait for anything. We have microwave dinners that are ready in under 5 minutes, drive through restaurants if we don't have time to get out of the car, high speed internet and the ability to search for info on more then one subject at a time, all -in-1 printers that not only offer the traditional service of printing off standard documents but now also allow you to photocopy and hook up your camera and print off your pictures. Who needs patience when you never have to wait?
For the past year there have been a couple of things Joel and I have been praying about, the first is that we would really love to build a house and the second is that we would also like to do some more schooling. It has weighed heavy on our hearts for the past 10 months that it wasn't the time. Being patient is hard enough when you know something is going to happen, like a vacation that has been payed for and seats have been booked, but it's even harder when you come to recognize the things you really have now control over. A year has past and it's been tough but so good at the same time. I think about the struggles and frustration and am amazed how God has used and continues to use them to grow us.
For awhile it seemed like every time I turned around one of our friends had purchased a home or was building and I struggled because I so desperately wanted a place to call my own.It's not fare...right? Or every time we were feeling restless in our jobs amazing things were happening in the work places of others. I want that....I can have it... right? I'm sure we've all been guilty at some point of wanting something that others are getting. I realized the other day that sometimes we're so busy being impatient and wanting what other have right this moment we forget to be grateful for the many blessings we have been given.
Often I forget that God's timing is God's timing for a reason. If it was my timing then being late for work and leaving early every day wouldn't be a problem.I forget that never once did He promise us we'd get everything we wanted. And I forget that He never said it would be easy.I get frustrated when things I plan don't workout or I have to wait, and angry when things hurt me. While I'm so busy Forgetting what He did, and does do for me, and while I'm busy being frustrated and angry I forget that God's timing is perfect. He doesn't sit up in heaven and plot out how he's going to disappoint or hurt me. He waits patiently for me to come to him , he waits patiently for me to remember that bad happens and things aren't perfect because of sin. It's my choice to recognize God's perfect timing and allow him to work in my life and it's my choice to recognize the blessings. Bad things have happened and I've been hurt, frustrated and impatient. BUT, great things have happened and I've been blessed, encouraged and full of joy. His timing has proven to be perfect to me, even in my impatient forgetful world.
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I needed this post! You have always had a way with words :) Love you !
This is a great post! I've been in the same boat about wanting a house and a place to call my own but I am always reminding myself that down the road, I won't care about my house, but the "home" that I've created and the memories with my family. In a sermon at church on contentment, my pastor said that being content is wanting what you have. Very challenging. So I challenge myself daily to want what I have. If I'm too busy wanting what I don't have, I miss out on the many blessings that He's provided me with.
"Does God sometimes sit on his hands?
Does God sometimes choose to do nothing?
Does God sometimes opt for silence even
when I am screaming my loudest?
Where is God when my world is stormy?
Doubtstorms: turbulent days when the
enemy is too big, the task too great,
the future too bleak,
and the answers too few.
Every so often a storm will come,
and I’ll look up into the blackening sky and say,
"God, a little light, please?"
But because we look for the bonfire,
we miss the candle.
Because we listen for the shout,
we miss the whisper.
But it is in burnished candles that God comes,
and through whispered promises he speaks:
"When you doubt,
look around;
I am closer than you think."
(Max Lucado)
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