GCR Women

Living in quarantine is not easy. The days drag by, each day pretty much like the day before. Being sick is not easy either. Each day is spent resting, healing, doing very little.  The healing and the quarantine are necessary. But it’s hard to wait patiently.  When the Lord heals us, He heals us completely. But it doesn’t always happen immediately. Sometimes He lets the healing process move slowly. He knows our hearts, our minds, our souls need the time to adjust.  So I wait. In the waiting, I find my healing. God is patient with me. He asks me to be patient with Him.  Waiting, Patrice Isaiah 40:31 NKJV But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. 

Am I a patient person?  Sometimes, sometimes not. We went to church with our son and his family last week and the sermon was on patience. When I heard that, I cringed. “Hope it’s a short lesson.”  “I’m hungry. Wonder where we’re going for lunch?” “I hope so&so is hearing this!” We expect others to be patient with us. We try to be patient with ourselves. But so often we fail. So where does this fruit of the Spirit patience come from?  The pastor suggested that it’s not so much developing the practice of patience between people but our decision to be patient with God that will in turn let patience grow in our hearts. It was like a cloud lifted, a light came on. Patience with God. He reminded us that God doesn’t operate on our schedule. We have to submit and live on His schedule. When we choose to run the show and try to make God bend to us, things get terribly out of whack. We try to manipulate God and others, try to make what we want happen when we want it ...