PATIENCE

I've realized every day since I finished my last post that I needed to write a new one.  Life has been busy lately! I've also struggled to feel inspired or passionate about anything to write, but then I realized that it was this train of thought that kept me from ever starting my blog in the first place.  So today I'm pushing past that train of thought and writing about something that helped lift my spirits and was a great reminder.

 I consider my Christian faith to be one of the most important aspects of my life.  I try often every day to spend time in prayer, and I try to set aside more substantial time to read the Word and be mindful about my relationship with my Heavenly Father.  Sometimes, with being so busy, I have to find ways to squeeze this in; while rocking my son to sleep at night, when I have a few minutes between client appointments, or finally laying in bed at the end of the day.  To make it a little more convenient, I have an app for this!  It's a daily devotion app.  While I don't consider it the same as actually taking out the Bible and reading it, it's the next best thing, and I love the thoughts that go along with the daily verse. 

A couple of days ago, this was the verse from my devotion: Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart; wait, I say, on the Lord- Psalm 27:14.  

I very much needed to be reminded of this.  It seems there is so much going on in my life that I want to happen right now.  I get so stressed, worked up, and overwhelmed and I have it in my head that if certain things would happen NOW then everything would be better.  But I realize that this is not the case.  So many times in life I can look back at situations and realize that if I had gotten some of the things I wanted, when I wanted them my life would probably be a mess and I'd likely be unhappy.  It's amazing how timing really is everything-sometimes!

So I'm trying to be more patient, and endure some of the tough stuff.  I hope that this tough stuff doesn't last forever, and I know logically it can't and won't.  What I really struggle with is obsessing to find a solution.  I am very solution focused.  That is a strength, as well as a vice I have.  Not every problem has a solution, and even if it has a solution, it may not be possible for that solution to occur NOW.  I can work myself into a fit of anxiety with trying to hurry up and wait!  Perhaps I just need to take a deep breath, find the positives about the situation, be courageous, and wait.  

I think this quote sums it up nicely: "The key to everything is patience.  You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it open." -Arnold Glassglow