I don't know about you but I don't feel very comfortable waiting for something I would really like to have. I have realized however, that the more valuable something is, the longer the wait. Patience is a hard virtue, it is a learned virtue, it is a tough but necessary virtue. Life is good, no actually, life is GREAT, as long as we are alive, healthy and have the basic needs, we are extremely blessed. Everything else is an additional blessing, but as human beings it can be so tough to wait when everything else seems to be falling apart, or when everyone else around us seems to be moving forward while we just seem stuck. There are many times I have looked at a situation I am in and felt like God is so distant, there are times I have wondered why I can't feel him as close as other times, or I can't see a response to a prayer in what I consider to be a timely manner. With time and abit of experience through these rough patches in life, I have learned that those moments when God seems most silent, is when he is closest and when he is working out the best outcome for my life. I have learned that during these times, no matter how difficult it may be, I keep praying and leave the situation in God's hands, literally and whatever happens is his will. My favorite verse through such moments is Romans 12:12, " Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer". The next time you are in a similar situation, remember that all things are working together for your good, even though it doesn't seem that way just yet. God may see something in our character or that of those around us, that can only be perfected through trial and patience, He may be preparing you for what he has in store for you. Your waiting is never in vain.
XoXo
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