Patience My Darling....

I was sitting in my car driving to school the other morning and I was getting caught up in everything around me. School is going to end in about 4 days so that was on my mind along with other things such as the Passport Immersion program, what I'm going to do this summer, even just thinking about what my future holds. I was behind a car that was driving extremely slow and I started to get frustrated. Thats when I felt this phrase placed upon my heart… "Patience My Darling." WHOA!! This sort of took me off guard, like what does this really mean? So I pursued this saying. This is sort of something that I kind of came up with on what this phrase means to me. 

SLOW DOWN… focus on ME not on things/plans/your future… etc.

Take one day at a time; don't try to rush ahead.

My timing is not known by you. 

Every day is important to me. 

Keep your focus on the present, don't try to focus far into the future.

It takes time for Me to reveal my plans for you. 

Today we are all caught up in the rush of things. Everything has to be speedy because we like to keep on going without having to wait for anything. We are always thinking ahead… trying to get to the next day to see whatever adventure that day holds. Also sometimes our minds are elsewhere/thinking about other things and we aren't truly there all the time throughout the day. We don't like to wait for things, we want what we want now. 

I know that everyday has a purpose. Every place I go; Every thing that I do. I just need to be patient and let God reveal himself through these things that I am doing everyday. 

"The times we find ourselves having to wait on others may be perfect opportunities to train ourselves to wait on the Lord." (Joni Eareckson Tada)

"Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret -it leads only to evil. For those who are evil will be destroyed, but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land." (Psalm 37:7-9)

"Be JOYFUL in HOPE, PATIENT in AFFLICTION, and FAITHFUL in PRAYER." (Romans 12:12)