What we see as traffic, may be God saying: “It’s not time to move yet.”

It’s official. God is teaching me patience, which is thoroughly uncool since I have been taking precautions not to pray for it. I am not by any means the most impatient person in the world, but admittedly I have my moments. I had this thought today (as I sat on hold for fifty minutes), every lesson thus far has been about patience, and waiting: Whether it was a forty minute, two mile drive or an hour long wait at the cable company to get a working remote control. My take on all this? Something is coming that will require me to have patience. I have learned in my relationship with God that He doesn’t throw curve balls. He allows trials and hardships, but there has never been a time (for those who follow and listen to Him) when He didn’t prepare us beforehand. So I am going to stop the complaining and take the time to learn what God is so diligently trying to teach me. This is gonna be a hard one. I may not be impatient, but that does not mean I like to wait (mmm…maybe I am more impatient than I know). Here’s a little wisdom I have learned. If you consistently run into the same wall over and over again, step back and look for the lesson. It may be that God (who loves you) is wanting to prepare you to handle what’s ahead.

So what am I thankful for today? Patience (okay maybe not)…but I am thankful that God loves me enough to prepare me.