The beach always makes me want to slow down, relax and be more patient. Patience is not a word I like, but it seems to be the word that God is revealing to me again and again lately. I taught at our homeschool co-op to my young elementary class about perseverance and patience this past week. As I spoke with them, I realized the lesson was one I needed to hear. I feel like I've learned to persevere in hardship, but am I truly being patient for what the future holds?
My life feels like a crazy town of uncertainty these days. Currently, I'm sitting in the middle of my new living room on a couch that I'm sleeping on because my bedroom is being painted and having carpet replaced. Nothing in my house is done, from the kitchen to the bedrooms to the bathrooms each room requires some sort of work. Just like everything else in life, we have timetables and believe things will happen in that designated time frame, but rarely is this the case. As I wait, not so patiently, for all my subcontractors to finish on my house, so I can decorate and put things away, I realize even in this God is teaching me patience. When we are waiting and learning to be patient, we have a few choices to make. Do you have faith God will come through? Do you really believe He is faithful or do you like me often believe your faith isn't strong enough to get through this next phase in life? I believe that in these moments of patience we can learn so much. We can learn what we truly believe in. We can learn what we are truly made of. We can learn to slow down, trust God and trust the process and we can learn to truly be thankful when we reach that end goal for something we have been waiting on. These days my life seems like one big waiting game. It seems like everything is a loose end, with nothing being resolved. It has seemed like that for the last eighteen months and so many times I grow weary of waiting. I want to have things finalized. I want to know Kaitlyn and I are going to survive whatever comes our way. I want to know that we are going to be okay when all the dust (both literally and figuratively) settles. No, I'm obviously not naturally patient, but I'm resolved to lean into God and let Him guide me in this time. He does have great plans for all of us and He does want us to succeed. I will work to wait patiently and see what His future is. Will you wait with me? Will you look to God when you want to have in all figured out? Next time you see me sitting impatiently at a stop light, remind me that patience is a virtue and God has great plans for you and I!
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Cathy Pennington
10/31/2017 07:33:57 am
Again a great reminder for all of us. Don't know if we every learn this lesson. I am 71 and still struggling with patience. God keeps reminding me, but I still don't do well with this. It definitely is not one of my virtues, but I strive to see where God is leading me each time it occurs, which seems to be often the older I get. Thanks for your transparency.
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