Well
this is a lesson, a spiritual fruit, and a true test that I am
continually learning and growing in each day. At this time our family has
been waiting patiently for the Lord to lead us to the right home. We thought we
had found it several times, but for different reasons the Lord has closed
doors. As my husband and I pray about this and ask God to lead us He has been
speaking to us through our devotional readings, friends, family and do you
know what He has been saying to us? BE PATIENT, WAIT ON ME, I WILL GUIDE
YOU TO THE RIGHT APPOINTED TIME.
Yeah that is
really what I want Him to say as we are approaching a year of living with my in
laws and feeling like we are becoming a huge burden. I so struggle with
trying to figure it all out, make sense of it all and yet I find no logic, no
sense. Just the fact that I know the Lord has a plan and that He is in
control and I am not!
What has personally
been a huge struggle is that during this time of waiting I have seen it affect
me in ways that have been good and not so good. The good is that I find
myself going to the Lord in prayer more than ever before, because I feel and
have seen Him working.
To be
perfectly honest I have always struggled with patience and having things
right away. During this time my patience for most everything has been running
thin. I have to stop and regroup several times a day and then there are days I
fail miserably at having any patience at all.
Has anyone
else felt that way or is it just me?
Even through
this time, God continues to show up and He is faithful. Just to give you a
few titles of my devotionals lately (seriously, you can’t make this stuff
up!):
·
God’s Timing,
·
Walk away from
worry
·
Are you tuned
in?
·
Who you are
meant to be (God’s plan)
·
My Way?
·
A Long and
winding Path (Be still),
·
Stop and See (Stand
Still and trust)
·
When the Journey
Gets Tough
·
Not what I
planned.
I am
not kidding.
All of these titles have come up recently as well as
some more.
But the
Lord keeps yelling (just kidding, it’s always in His gentle
voice) in my ear about this and He continually giving me verses and
stories to help me through this time. I am so thankful that He is patient
with me and that He loves me that much. He still brings the verses,
stories, family and friends with encouraging words, to be in front of
me to help with the patience and the waiting. He is faithful.
I know
someday soon I will be able to write about how HE has given us the Home, but
until then I keep praying and learning about His timing and faithfulness.
So when
you feel like you just can’t take it anymore (and I have plenty of those days)
bring it to the Lord.
If you have ever felt that way, or that this is a struggle for
you, let me know. Share what you have learned and then I can pray for you
too!
Psalm 46: 10 “Be still, and
know that I am God.”
Psalm 142:3 “ When my spirit
was overwhelmed within me, then You knew my path.”
Ecclesiastes 8:6a”For every
matter is a time”
God’s timetable may move slowly,
but it does move surely.
~Holly
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