Many things in life have a order in which they have to be done. You can't learn to walk, until you've learned how to stand. You can't start lifting weights at 100 lbs you have to build up. It's a process. You can't ski down a mountain until you've climbed to the top.
Having to jump through hoops in order to get to the finish line isn't always fun. Okay, let's be real... it's not any fun. But... jumping through the hoops is essential to learning how to get to the finish line so it must be done.
Having to take one step at a time when looking at a marathon race of 26.2 miles seems like a billion too many steps to take just to finish. But... without the first step and the 1000th step and the 10,000th step... you would never cross the finish line. All the steps you have to take to accomplish the goal are ALL necessary to achieve the goal. No matter how small they are or if they were in the beginning or the middle of the end of the race. Every step, no matter, put together with the other steps played a part in getting to the goal.
I feel like I'm doing a marathon in my life right now... and sometimes I think that it's actually a marathon walk...made for toddlers!... Because I don't feel like I'm getting anywhere too quickly. I don't think I've gotten to the 1000th step yet!... I have miles to go before I sleep! lol...
Patience... do NOT EVER pray for God to give you patience. Learn from my mistake! That is one thing you do NOT pray for! Because... He will give you that prayer! And the only way to give you patience is to allow you to live in such a way that you have to develop patience on your own! And how very painful that can be! I didn't used to be a patient person as a teenager. Got married... I prayed (oops!)... by the time my first baby came three years later, I had patience. By the time the second baby came four years after that... I had the patience of Job! God DOES answer prayers! I amaze friends and family with my patience level. They would all cave. Oh well, I'd say... chill... it's no big deal... I'm patient. I used to teach the 4-5 year olds in church. I loved them! Great fun! Were they rowdy and hyper? You betcha! Did we have fun? You betcha we did! Did they listen to me and obey? Pretty much, yep! Would anyone else dare step foot in the room with the energy level? Nope! (chickens!)... so, I am a very patient person.
All that just to say... I'm starting to get impatient. I've been flying around in a holding pattern over the airport to land just so I can pack and take off again... but the darn plane won't land! God knows my patience level. I wonder if He's trying to stretch it even more? I wonder if it's a faith thing? God knows I have all my faith in Him. And then I thought... maybe it's just a steps issue... everything has to be done in specific steps... maybe I'm supposed to be learning something now that I will need to know down the road. Like learning to stand before a baby can walk. So, I pray that God would show me what I am supposed to be doing in this particular 'step' of my journey...because sometimes we can't take the next step until we have fully completed the previous 'step'.
If you're stuck in a holding pattern wondering what your next step is supposed to be, I would encourage you to pray for God to reveal to you what your next step is to be and make sure you learn what you're supposed to learn on this 'step'.
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