Life Long Learner

The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

This is one of the many verses that has spoken to me recently. It’s amazing how God will show us many different verses that are all about the same kind of thing, or we will hear repeated messages in sermons, or a combination of the two.

Patience is not a lesson that anyone really wants to learn, although it is a lesson that most of us need.

God has really been showing me a lot lately about patience and how that correlates with His timing. He has shown me that if we are patient, then the blessings and rewards that we receive are so much more than what the “blessings” would be from living in the moment.

His plan is perfect, and it will be done. We have the choice to either faithfully follow it or to rebel against it. What I’ve learned though, is even though we may rebel, God will still get us to where He wants us; the journey may just not be as smooth.

I have also recently been amazed at just how awesome God really is. The fact that He rewards repentance from stupidity still leaves me awestruck. His love is amazing, steady, and unchanging. Praise the Lord for his loving and forgiving heart. Praise the Lord for an empty cross and a risin Savior!