I pray that everyone had a fun and relaxing summer break….It is with great pleasure that I write you. God has been so good, and I am so thankful for His faithfulness. As I paraphrase the song that says, “I’ve had my good days and I have had my bad days, but my good days outweigh the bad days. So, I won’t complain.” That is my testimony today. I won’t complain. These words help me realize that no matter how bad or bleak things may look, there is always someone worst off than you. A game that my daughter learned from her theater class is called, “Roses and Thorns”. In this game, each person shares their Roses: the good things that happened, the things they like. And their Thorns: the things they didn’t like. I began to realize that my life is full of Roses. But somehow I always get caught dwelling on the Thorns. Just think how rewarding our lives would be, if we would enjoy all the Roses in our lives..
The message I want to share in this newsletter is about waiting on God. Many times we get in a hurry. We want this, we want that.. We feel as if we can not make it if we do not get what we want. I want to encourage you today to wait on God . Don’t get in a hurry and move before God’s appointed time. Many times when we get ahead of God- disaster awaits. We end up with a broken heart, shattered dreams, unwanted pregnancies, sexual transmitted diseases, loneliness and more pain. Only if we would have just waited. The song says, “You can’t hurry God you just have to wait. He may not come when you want Him, but He is right on time.” So to avoid more heartache and more heartbreak wait on God.
If you are single, don’t go out and find you someone. Wait on God. If you are married, don’t give up on your marriage. Wait on God. We have to learn how to trust God to do the impossible. Many of us have experienced how God moved mightily in our situation. It just does not pay to go ahead of God’s timing. The question is what do you do while you are waiting…
The Bible gives many examples of what to do and what not to do while we are waiting. Abraham and Sarah showed us what not to do when they made a plan on their own to help Abraham become a father before God’s time. (Genesis 16).The marriage between Ruth and Boaz shows how God can make an unlikely situation possible. (Ruth 3 & 4).
So what should we be doing while we are waiting on God promises? A good place to start is in prayer. Asking God to give you more strength, more faith to trust Him. In no way is this task of waiting easy, but it is necessary. I look forward to sharing more with you on this topic. But for now please, Hurry Up and Wait!
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