Hello, hello!  Every time I try to put myself on a posting schedule I find myself falling short so from now on I'll just say that I upload when I can lol.  I've been wanting to do a second posting for my Journey to Jesus series and I couldn't figure out which one to start with first because there's so much to say about this walk with God.  The more I thought about what the next topic would be, the more "patience" stood out to me.

According to dictionary.com, patience is defined as "an ability or willingness to suppress restlessness... when confronted with delay".  In other words - being able to wait when things are taking a little longer than we would like.  I've sat in church for years listening to people talk about how God is always on time.  It may not be when we want, but it's always in perfect timing.  James 1:17 says that every good and perfect gift comes from above.  In the midst of my restlessness as I wait for God to answer certain prayers, move on my behalf, and work things out for me, I have to stop myself because you can't rush perfection.  Everything that God does is according to HIS will, not  OURS.

I recognize that this is easier said than done - to wait.  Sometimes when we ask God for things or pray for situations to change we get annoyed that He's taking too long.  I say "we" because I am included.  I am currently waiting on God to change some things around in my favor but I am reminded by Him that He moves on His time and His time only.  Yesterday I went to a revival and the  choir sang a song with simple but powerful lyrics.  "He's alright with me... I tried Him and I found out that He's alright with me."  Whenever I hear that song I think of all the times in my life when I was asking God for something and it seemed like I had to wait forever for it to be done.  Immediately after I think of all the things He's done for me and how what I received was much bigger, better, even more of a blessing than I asked for.

There's been times where I was tired of waiting on God to do it so I tried to do it myself... that never works out.  What God has for us is in His good and perfect will.  When we try to do things outside of that, we run into all kinds of problems and I'm sure God has looked at me and thought, "if only you would've waited, you wouldn't be in this mess."  I find that after I 'fixed' whatever it was, I have to go right back to Him like a child needing help from a parent because I got in the way of His work.  I'm grateful for God's grace, mercy, and unfailing love because He is faithful to fix my errors and make it better than I ever could.

I challenge you and I challenge myself to exercise patience with whatever we go to God for in prayer and see what happens.  I challenge myself to have faith in God - not to believe that He can do it, but to believe that He will do it.  Sometimes it's our turn for successes and other times it's our turn for storms.  In my storms, in your storms, I pray that we have the faith and the patience to hold us over until it's time for successes.  As always, I send my love and God's light until next time.

All My Love,

Tyler 💜