Patience is a virtue, they said...

Patience is also a commandment from the Lord.

I have never been good with patience. Patience for waiting in the line at the grocery store, for Saturday to arrive quicker during a long and tedious week, or just patience for the ins and outs of life in general. There's something so irksome about the feeling of restlessness that begins to creep up your toes, spreading to your legs and then your torso and through your fingertips. The sensation of mild anxiety that overcomes your being, and your mind becoming consumed with whatever agenda it desires to move onto next.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. (Philippians 4:6)

Why, you may ask? Why should you give your worries to the Lord?
Because he will provide. He will answer your prayers. He will take those thoughts of inadequacy and uncertainty from you and replace them with an all-encompassing and graceful peace. God hears your every cry, audible and inaudible, and knows that you will reach a point where only He can intercede. So many times in our lives, our personal fears not only hinder and distract us from attaining a goal which we want to accomplish, but it also takes away our trust from God.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. (Proverbs 3:5-6)

To trust in God means to die to yourself. To trust in God means that your faith in Him and His abilities takes precedence over the doubts about yourself and your abilities. Trust can be a scary thing. It can be a very risky, circumstantial bargain. However, our God is no ordinary giver and receiver of trust. He trusted us, as human beings, enough to sacrifice His own son. That's insane. Why should we owe him any less?

I am not here to preach at you. I am not here to condemn or look down upon you for your misfortunes, for your evil deeds and sinful nature. The Lord is good, and I have tasted and seen the beauty of His work in my life. Not for a second do I doubt that He's done the same for you, in some way or another. Imagine a loving parent smiling at their young child, not because they had earned a successful and admirable grade in school, not because they cleaned up their mess after eating, but JUST BECAUSE. Just because that father or mother sees their own son or daughter as theirs, as precious, as worthy and valuable, and loves them wholly and unconditionally. That's how God sees us.

Wait upon the Lord. It might take a year, it might take a day, but whatever is meant to be will find its way.

Blissful blessings,
Amy :)