What a dreary title for my first blog! I'm starting in the middle of a major family crisis, so I'll catch you up as I go along.
Last week I was so discouraged and frankly, a little annoyed with God. I wish sometimes God would work on a faster timetable. God must not have any clocks or calendars near His throne in Heaven. Would Jesus just get Him a Rolex, please, and set it to Pacific Standard Time?
It is discouraging to be waiting for God to answer prayers. I know you've been there. We've ALL been there. And no matter how much we want God to work faster, we aren't omnipotent and we can't see ALL the things going on that God is working out for just our one teensy little request. Sure things are easy for God, I get that. But God has to work out MY answer to prayer using other humans. We humans are notoriously stubborn and ignorant. Can you just imagine what God must think every time he's trying to get one of US to do something?
So, really, WE are the ones that need to thank God for being so patient with us! We have to remind ourselves to fathom the very majesty of our God, that HE loves US! God, Jehovah, Yahweh, is working out my prayer requests and problems in the perfect way for ME. Little, puny, inconsequential ME.
And what I want to share with you is that while God has been working on my problem for months, He has been giving me frequent reminders of His presence and His control over the situation. When I open my Bible, I read HOW BIG IS OUR GOD! The Psalms are where I go for my personal time with Jesus. Many of the Psalms I just read/pray to Jesus, mostly because they express so much better what is on my heart.
But the coincidences of God's awareness of ME, go far beyond the Bible. Whatever I'm going through in a particular time, I can turn on the television and there will be Charles Stanley or Joel Osteen talking about EXACTLY what I was discouraged about. Now I can say one week is a coincidence, but 3 weeks? 12 Weeks, 4 months? So I think after 2 or 3 weeks, we can safely say "this is God."
If you are a Christian and you are wondering why you aren't seeing the presence of God daily, please feel free to ask me questions. I've been there.
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