Patience. It's this new strange concept that I have been learning a lot about lately. I used to think that patience was a some people have it - some people don't sort of phenomenon. I figured that I could probably get through life without it. It could be fine to push through life holding onto the reins with a tight fist. Waiting for something to happen? With enough trying, you could make it happen earlier. Waiting for an answer? Enough communication and you can get it right out of them. Waiting for the summer? Turn on the Beach Boys, light a coconut candle, and crank the heat. Recently, however, I have learned that in the real world (dun dun dun) there are certain times that it doesn't matter how hard you try, or push, or prod, you're just going to have to wait. And it is not fun. You see, waiting means slowing down. Waiting means that no amount of perfect effort on your part will change the outcome or make the news come faster. God knows all about my hidden trick to evade being patient, and he knows yours. He sees, fingers flying, as we send that text trying to get more information now. He sees how many times you have checked for that email today. He sees how many times you have casually brought it up in conversation, hoping to gain information about what the outcome might be. God sees that you are uncomfortable with the unknown. But he doesn't call us to be the ones who know. He didn't create humans to know everything right away or to try to control every situation. He created us to fulfill his purpose, and because of this we can find beauty in our waiting. There's an old song that I always liked but never really understood until it came on the other day, in the midst of my tight fisted waiting. "Said woman take it slow, and it'll work itself out fine All we need is just a little patience" Well if that isn't a call to slow down I don't know what is. Now I am not saying that Axl Rose's song necessarily has some sort of divinity to it, but I know that it speaks truth. All we need is to slow down, to have patience, and to let God work it out. Because it is not our job to make sure that everything works out okay. It is merely our job to have faith that God will make it work out. With God, everything simply is going to be okay. Regardless of what the outcome of your waiting game is. Around every corner is a question mark, and instead of trying to fill in the blanks learn to let God do that. There is nothing more powerful than being along for the ride; the ride that he created you for. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12 Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city. Proverbs 16:32 Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Psalm 27:14
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