When God Says Wait.....

Are you patient? Do you believe that everything happens for a reason? Or that His timing is best?

I will be completely transparent and as real as I can be here....waiting sucks- at least I used to think that was the case. I am probably one of the most impatient people you will meet. I despise waiting in traffic (to the point I will literally drive 10 minutes out of the way to avoid the sitting). I don't like waiting in a doctor's office. I don't like waiting in car pickup lines (which is why my daughter rides the bus). I want what I want, and I want it now! It is a character flaw that I truly want to work on. I pray about it daily and ask God to grant me patience.

God asking you to wait is another way of Him saying "Let me make this thing I have for you perfect."

When I graduated college, I had landed a good job and I was so ready for everything else to just fall into place as well. My dad, the wise man he is, told me be patient when searching for a house. Did I listen? Of course not! I rushed to buy a house, rushed to find a man, and rushed life along. Do I regret it? No-because out of my haste, Madison arrived into my life. But were these decisions based on my timing and not God's?- absolutely. God already knows how your life is going to end up- but I do believe he puts choices in front of us and allows us the freedom to decide.

Letting go of the control over your life and laying it all down at the feet of Jesus is hard. I don't have it all figured out. I have good days and then I have bad days where I feel like I am spiraling out of control. But as a believer, I have the comfort of knowing I can go to God anytime with my problems, questions, doubts and fears and HE will always see me through. He will always have my back. He will always be my anchor in a fleeting world. 

I am currently in a season of waiting. It is really important to recognize those seasons that God puts you in. I don't know what the next chapter unfolds for me. But I do know the past year has been a season of transformation in my life. I feel like a caterpillar that is about to turn into a butterfly and expand my wings and fly into the next season. God has His hand in my life and He is doing amazing things. He has placed people in my life that are meant to take this journey with me- God doesn't place people to surround you by accident. 

Because of God and His amazing power- I am becoming more patient day by day (really depends on the day you talk to me and the time of day- ask my friends, they know haha). I know that He has put me in certain situations to strengthen my heart, empower my mind and soul and give me the best things. The most amazing feeling has come over me - knowing I need to place my eyes on Him in the wait and that everything else will fall into place. Trusting Him to do what is best in my life. There is no greater peace than trusting God. Instead of dwelling on the whens, whys and hows...enjoy the place you are now, the life you have created and are living now! Everything will unfold the way it should!

What are you waiting on? A new job, a promotion, marriage, love, relationships, children, financial freedom? Whatever it is, whatever the one thing you feel like you are lacking- I challenge you to

take a look back on where you have been and where you are now. Look at everything He has brought you through- knowing that, isn't that reason enough to believe he holds your future in His hands and that everything will work out the way it should. The picture may not turn out looking like you thought it would- BUT if you trust God and lay it all down and give it all to Him- I would be willing to bet it turns out BETTER!

"I know god has a plan, I pray for direction to follow it, patience to wait on it, knowledge to know when it comes."