Enjoy The Thorns

Our body is a great machine.  It's an amazing work of art that is designed with precision.  When you want your muscles to grow you head to the gym.  You work them.  In order to grow, your muscles need to be stretched and worked.  The same goes for our faith.  In order for it to grow, it needs to be stretched.  You need to work on it.  

Sometimes we get frustrated.  Sometimes things don't happen as quickly as we would like them to.  Patience is a virtue .... and one that is a hard one to have.  But when God is making you wait know that your faith is being stretched.  You are growing.  

Last month I was able to finally pay off my credit card that I've been working so hard to pay off.  I was so excited.  Becoming debt free is a goal of mine!  It was one (big) step closer.  And then, something happened.  An unexpected expense came up and I needed to take care of it right away.  I had to put it back on that credit card.  It seems like there is always something.  We always have something in our life that we can use to work on our faith.  

We need to remember that a time of waiting does not mean that it is a time of doubt.  We need to praise God and remember that God knows better than we do.  He knows not only what is going on right now, but what is yet to come.  We need to remember that all things will work out for our own good in the end.  Just because we are in a time of waiting doesn't mean that God has abandoned us.  It means he is waiting for the perfect timing for our situation.  He is helping us to grow.

Why do we need all of these times of growing?  Look how we behave in times of trial!  Patience isn't just about waiting though.  It's about how you act while you are waiting.