Hello readers. I hope all is well out there. Have you ever heard somebody say “don’t pray for patience, you just might get it?” Well guess what kiddies, it is so true. As you have seen in my past blogs, I am just turning over a new leaf, I am planting a whole new tree. I am taking everything about the old me and everything I knew, and throwing it out so I can make room for what God has for me. This has been the most heart wrenching, emotional, mentally and physically exhausting month and a half of my life. Anybody who is my friend can attest to the fact that if it weren’t for FB and MySpace, they wouldn’t know I was alive. My life is consumed with my wife and my family and learning what God has for me; piece by piece. And you know what I don’t have that this requires? Patience. That is right. I had NONE as of February 7th and since then I have gotten about 12% better. That may not seem like much, but trust me, it is. I asked God to do whatever He wanted, and not only did I mean it, I am actually listening and doing it. I am not perfect, and I have A LOT to get better at, but I am trying, which is more than I could say my whole life before. I played Christian, even got a Master’s in the study of God, but it just wasn’t real to me. Well, I can assure you that it is real now. I honestly cannot describe the roller coaster of emotion that I have been through. I have had extremely high highs and extremely low lows. And I have had to learn patience. I am waiting on more than God; I am waiting on my wife, my family, my kids, my job, Savannah drivers, etc.. That is what patience is about; waiting. Not just what we deem worthy to wait on, but waiting on that which drives us absolutely nuts. I am learning how to love, and it just wreaks havoc on your emotions. I am learning how to be a better father, a better friend, a better worker, a better everything. And just like anybody else, I want all that now. Well, guess what? God doesn’t work like that. He made the Jews walk around a desert for 4o years for crying out loud. And all they did was chicken out and whine some. How much worse did I do????? I know I am not one of His “chosen” ones, but I am a child of the Kingdom and He loves me equally. I don’t want anybody to expect for me to answer their inquiry about how to get patience. I don’t have a clue except to just encourage everybody to pray and seek His will, no matter where it leads in the interim. Remember, if you are on the straight and narrow, there is only one end result; a forever spot in Heaven, worshipping our God for eternity. No matter how many twists and turns may be there along the way, keep your eyes on the prize. Be encouraged knowing that the chief among sinners is finally getting a handle on this, and that if I can do it, ANYBODY CAN. Pray for me, pray for my family, pray for everybody. Take care readers.
Funny thing about patience……..
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