Dear Patience

Dear Patience,

You and I don’t seem to get along very well some days. I know that I need you, and yet I always backpedal. I go back to what is familiar, what I’m used to, what makes me feel better about myself. I make my own plans and try to somehow mold a picture of my future that I think might be right,,, but who knows if it is? I certainly don’t.

I forge ahead with my plans, my hopes, my dreams, my umcertainties and insecurities and doubts. So rarely in this fast-paced world do I stop and take time to allow you into my life, Patience.

But those who hope in the Lord...

When I was young, I learned that I needed you when I had to share a favorite toy. I had to wait my turn. Later, I learned that I needed you as I waited for friends to either grow closer or pull away; relationships and trust usually don’t form in a day’s time. Later still, I needed you as I waited for that special someone, even though I wasn’t in high school yet. I waited to see if close friendship would be reciprocated, if the paths I wished to follow were the ones God had planned for me.

[Tweet “Patience, you grew in me as I waited for God’s plans to unfold for my future. “]

At the same time, I held on to two things God had spoken clearly to me: that He loved me deeply and I was extremely blessed, even if situations grew difficult.

Because of you, I grew in my trust in the Lord; I became more filled with faith in His power to do things well beyond anything we could ask or think.

Though I am still learning all these things and have an infinite amount of growing left to do, you have helped me to grow this much already. You’re not an easy pill to swallow sometimes. I still want know where the Holy Spirit is leading me in life. I don’t want to have to wait to see my husband again.

Isaiah 40:31

…but those who hope in the Lord
    will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
    they will run and not grow weary,
    they will walk and not be faint.

And I don’t want to have to continually wrestle with difficulties…even though I know God uses them to make me stronger.

Sincerely,

Paige

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