I am CONTINUALLY LEARNING to be MORE patient! When I am impatient and try to make things happen-- to please ME :-( ... I totally end up making a gooey mess in my pocket just like Betty Bunny. The "be still and know that I am God" voice in me says:
"My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord.
“And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.
For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so my ways are higher than your ways
and my thoughts higher than your thoughts." (Isaiah 55:8-9)
God's ways ARE incredibly better-- and don't result in a gooey mess. The first few verses of Isaiah 55 say:
“Is anyone thirsty?
Come and drink—
even if you have no money!
Come, take your choice of wine or milk—
it’s all free!
Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength?
Why pay for food that does you no good?
Listen to me, and you will eat what is good.
You will enjoy the finest food.
“Come to me with your ears wide open.
Listen, and you will find life." (Isaiah 55: 1-3)
How can I be so silly and impatient when God promises so much more than I can ever imagine? His food is even better than Betty Bunny's chocolate cake! Amen!
He gives food that gives me strength and is good for my body and soul-- the finest of the finest food-- his salvation.
My eyes and mind can get so distracted by the world, especially by advertising, marketing and shopping. Time seems to fly when I am on the internet and my mind seems to wander in all directions then. There are so many things to do and yet there seems so little time to do them all.
The German Renaissance artist Albrecht Durer, made an engraving over 500 years ago entitled "Knight, Death and the Devil." The Christian pilgrim is symbolically depicted as a knight riding a horse through the present world, keeping his eyes steadfastly on the road ahead and in mind the "giver" of the prize (see https://artappreciationblog2.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/renaissance-art-analysis/) as he travels toward a distant kingdom seen up in the background. (click 2x on the image to make it bigger). He fixes his eyes on God:
"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." (2 Corinthians 4:18)
Reading the Scriptures and prayer renews my mind. The Lord becomes my daily bread then, and helps me to wait for his plan.
Waiting on God and his plan for my life produces perseverance, patience, and a very grateful heart because He is with me always and helps me to keep my hands from getting sticky and my pockets and socks clean from chocolate cake!
I am CONTINUALLY LEARNING to be MORE patient! When I am impatient and try to make things happen-- to please ME :-( ... I totally end up making a gooey mess in my pocket just like Betty Bunny. The "be still and know that I am God" voice in me says:
"My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord.
“And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.
For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so my ways are higher than your ways
and my thoughts higher than your thoughts." (Isaiah 55:8-9)
God's ways ARE incredibly better-- and don't result in a gooey mess. The first few verses of Isaiah 55 say:
“Is anyone thirsty?
Come and drink—
even if you have no money!
Come, take your choice of wine or milk—
it’s all free!
Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength?
Why pay for food that does you no good?
Listen to me, and you will eat what is good.
You will enjoy the finest food.
“Come to me with your ears wide open.
Listen, and you will find life." (Isaiah 55: 1-3)
How can I be so silly and impatient when God promises so much more than I can ever imagine? His food is even better than Betty Bunny's chocolate cake! Amen!
He gives food that gives me strength and is good for my body and soul-- the finest of the finest food-- his salvation.
My eyes and mind can get so distracted by the world, especially by advertising, marketing and shopping. Time seems to fly when I am on the internet and my mind seems to wander in all directions then. There are so many things to do and yet there seems so little time to do them all.
The German Renaissance artist Albrecht Durer, made an engraving over 500 years ago entitled "Knight, Death and the Devil." The Christian pilgrim is symbolically depicted as a knight riding a horse through the present world, keeping his eyes steadfastly on the road ahead and in mind the "giver" of the prize (see https://artappreciationblog2.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/renaissance-art-analysis/) as he travels toward a distant kingdom seen up in the background. (click 2x on the image to make it bigger). He fixes his eyes on God:
"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." (2 Corinthians 4:18)
Reading the Scriptures and prayer renews my mind. The Lord becomes my daily bread then, and helps me to wait for his plan.
Waiting on God and his plan for my life produces perseverance, patience, and a very grateful heart because He is with me always and helps me to keep my hands from getting sticky and my pockets and socks clean from chocolate cake!