Patience

Patience, patience, patience. But they that wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31) This is the verse that God put on my heart right now. This is the one that I need to hold on to during these days of waiting.

For the past several weeks, I’ve been so easily upset with only a few grains of patience left.  I have to admit that I am close to reaching that golden age and that the more I should take care of myself, watch what I eat and exercise more often.  Instead, the reverse has been true. Juggling between family and career has been difficult and I had been leaning more on the side of career. I am very fortunate to have a supportive and loving husband and son, but my perspective on how I see work and how I work on my work has been long, simply because I put a lot of hours on it.  Most of the time, there is little time for Me and little time for my family and also little time for my home. Work has taken precedence over almost every aspect of my life. Writing, which relaxes me and puts me in direct communication with God has been set aside, thinking that this again will take time away from my work.  However, on the other hand, looking back this is my key to be able to work longer hours.  I need it.

As I go through this tumultuous process of going up and down in my emotions and up and down in being patient and impatient with myself and my family, I found the website http://www.purposedriven.com/ which has truly helped me know God more and know that I am loved. I am also indebted to the website http://misangtagalogsabangkok.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html because they have listed a number of links that helped me to be in tune with God every day. I’ve realized that as I get older and wiser (I believe), it is very important that we do our mission in life and I truly believe that part of mine is writing… writing about our Creator.  What has truly stuck with me since I started logging in on Pastor Rick’s purpose driven life website is the notion that God loves us. He truly does. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God (1 John 4:7) And most of all, the LORD takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory. (Psalm 149:4)  Isn’t that the most awesome ever that even if no one ever truly loves us, He does love us forever because He created us? I know some of you will say, but that’s not new. I know it is not new but as I dive into His word, the more I truly understand and appreciate His appreciation for all of us, His creation. God bless us all in this journey of life.  Thank you for taking the time to read and I hope you got touched with God’s message of love and hope through this blog site.  Thank you for taking this journey with me.