" PATIENTLY WAITING ON GOD "

Good Morning to you all, it's a might chilly here in North Carolina. My wife just informed me of two facts, the present temperature is 27' and our youngest grandson who just turned seven months on the 14Th has two teeth already. The Autumn and the Spring are my two most favorite seasons. They represent life and death, and with our patience brings grass and flowers then towards the end of the year we get beautiful foliage, then barren branches.

You know, now days we want everything right now, and from my personal observation things get old fast. What happens at Christmas time the toy/gift that your child just had to have, becomes old and unwanted as soon as the excitement wares off. When we walk and talk with the Lord, We become acutely aware of his love for us. I've had to learn that doing God's Will sometimes means waiting patiently. In life we occasionally run into a bend in the road in which we must wait on the Lord. Most of you are praying with me for a new laptop and I'm very grateful for your prayers. While we wait, we can love God, serve others, and most importantly tell others about him.
Waiting for God to help us is not easy, but when we do we just might find that we benefit. In Psalm 40 David received four benefits while waiting: God (1) elevated him out of his despair, (2) set his feet on a rock, (3) made his footsteps firm, (4) put a new song of praise in his mouth.

I'm at a point in my life and maybe you are also starting to realize that often blessings cannot be received unless we go through the trial of waiting. When we take our mind off of ourselves we can be used by the Lord in his way. Waiting for God is not easy. Often it seems that he isn't answering our prayers or doesn't understand the urgency of our situation. This kind of thinking implies that God is not in control or is not fair. But God is truly worth waiting for. Lamentations 3:24-26 calls us to hope in and wait for the Lord because often God uses waiting to refresh, renew, and teach us. Lamentations 3:24 "THE LORD IS MY PORTION," says my soul, "THEREFORE I HAVE HOPE IN HIM."

Make good use of your waiting times by discovering what God may be trying to teach you in them. Until Next Time, I'll be waiting on the Lord.

Jim