What is ever the point of waiting? What good does waiting ever do? Growing up in a day and age where waiting for anything is simply not acceptable, has handicapped me. Heaven forbid, that you have to wait for longer than 2 minutes in the mcdonalds drive thru. If you want something, go get it. Isn't that what society has taught us? If you have to wait, take your service somewhere else. I remember too fondly, getting up and walking out of a restaurant with my friends family, when the food took too long to get to us. Embarrassed, I promised myself that I would have more patience in life.
Well, here is God testing that patience. How much patience do I truly have? Waiting for your visa is not an easy thing. It gets frustrating, having to tell people day after day, that you still do not know when your visa will come.
It is in these times, that I have to cry out to my Father. When I have to lean on Him for strength. I know, that this is a time of preparing me for what lies ahead. Im in a blindspot, walking through the wilderness. But, just as God allowed the devil to tempt Jesus when He was in the wilderness, so He is allowing him to tempt me. But, just as Jesus did not give into temptation, neither will I.
Well, here is God testing that patience. How much patience do I truly have? Waiting for your visa is not an easy thing. It gets frustrating, having to tell people day after day, that you still do not know when your visa will come.
It is in these times, that I have to cry out to my Father. When I have to lean on Him for strength. I know, that this is a time of preparing me for what lies ahead. Im in a blindspot, walking through the wilderness. But, just as God allowed the devil to tempt Jesus when He was in the wilderness, so He is allowing him to tempt me. But, just as Jesus did not give into temptation, neither will I.
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It's worth waiting for what the Lord is doing and going to do in your life. - Remember Philippians 1:6 "He is faithful to complete the work he has begun in you." - The problem is that we don't WAIT for him to complete it. - Please, in the name of Jesus stay right where you are until He is ready for you to move.
Love, Dad
Hi Janel, that is a great pic! Where did you get it?
Again, it's worth re-reading your blog about waiting. In case you didn't know, Jocelyn and I waited 22 years from the first time the Lord spoke to our hearts concerning Brasil and the time it took for us to realize it. TWENTY-TWO YEARS! - I imagine that changes things just a little for you. Huh?
One of the first things we are going to do is have a "Daddy-Daughter" lunch date. OK? I can't wait. Love, Dad
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