Well, I've got something I just can't get out of my heart and head. I want to share it with you. I've had a word that keeps coming back to me in almost everything I've done in the past 48 hours ....Patience.
It begins with a venture to a different Sunday School class that I normally do not attend. I thought it might be nice to try a Ladies class. I was taken to a "Ladies" class, but not quite the age group I had thought. I walked in the room, and it was a group of 20-something's.... and singles. Though I'm not far away from 20 myself and a lot of my friends are in their 20's, I immediately threw up the "caution" meter. I was nervous, shy and a little out of my comfort zone. Though everyone was very nice and talked with me, I just felt a little uncomfortable. Despite how I (notice my use of "I") felt, the lesson was amazing. We talked about waiting and patience. A lot of the lesson was for the young women who may be "patient" for that right person to come along... or for the right job to come their way. I walked out of the class and into worship wanting to hear God speak to me, but I just didn't. Maybe a whisper, but no shouts.
But I heard it today. And it was very loud. "I" had nothing to do with that plan to go to a different Sunday School. "He" did.
You see, even though I have found my perfect mate and waited for child that I love beyond measure, I still wait.
- I've "waited" to find an outlet to share my heart.
- I've "waited" for a chance to let God speak through me.
- I'm "waiting" with a special friend until her husband comes home from deployment.
- I "wait" for a continuous prayer that I pray to be answered.
- I "wait" for a new adventure in my life.
- I'm "waiting" with special mom-to-be's for the arrival of their blessed miracles.
- I'm "waiting" for my own daughter's venture out of toddler tantrums and diaper/pullup disasters.
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| "Love is patient, love is kind... Love never fails." - 1st Cor. 13 |
I heard it nearly 6 years ago today, when my husband and I made vows to each other ... "Love is patient...Love never fails."
Up until now, these words meant a never-ending love that God has for us or that we have for our spouses. This verse still does carry that meaning. But now, they carry something else.
Even though I wait for the things that "I" think God should provide, He is providing it. He gives us love to share with each other. Through friendships, through being a mom, through being a wife, through being a colleague. He finds time for us to show our own patience and reveals Himself through SHOUTS and WHISPERS. And He speaks to us whether it's to hang on through the tough times or to simply ditch the diapers. Big or small, general or detailed, He is there.
My heart2heart for me and for you: Don't be afraid to do something different or outside of your comfort zone. It may actually be God speaking to you. This may be that "thing" you've been waiting for. God gives us love while we wait. And we have His word that Love never Fails.
Can you hear Him? What are you waiting on? Trust that He most certainly will answer. You just need to ... have hope.
"I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,
and in his word I put my hope." - Psalm 130
and in his word I put my hope." - Psalm 130
Patience is definitely something I have been praying for lately as it has been in short supply :)
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