I pride myself in being a very patient person. Especially when working with others... co-workers, supervisors... children... I can wait. Yet I am not patient with myself or God.
Well... I think I could be patient if I knew what was coming. It's not that hard to be patient and wait for a child who doesn't want to eat their dinner, but I know that I'm going to win this battle. The broccoli will be eaten and life will go on - even if it takes a half an hour or more.
I pray that God has the same patience with me! I know that seminary is a part of my path. I know it's up ahead - but WHEN? When is the time for this learning process? Do I, or should I, do it all at one time? What if I go to school part time? Is that alright?
I know two things. 1- I have to go to school and get my Master's in Divinity and work towards being ordained as a deacon. 2 - I need to start/continue on my career path in camping.
Now - I believe that one day I can combine these two things into a beautiful plan. I want to do ministry, serve the world (children, families, young people, widows, orphans, etc.) through a camp. But when Lord? WHEN?
Today's devotional for me was from Matthew. In two words: Don't worry. Sigh. Don't worry about the future, don't worry about food, don't worry about where things will come from. Have faith and continue to seek God.
Seek God.
Okay. Big breath. Seek God. (pray for me?)
Hey- I know you all get impatient too. I pray for you, whatever your life stage is right now to also seek God first.
In peace,
your sister in Christ~Erin
Matthew 6:25-34 Do Not Worry
25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? 28"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
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I love you Erin!
It's so hard to understand exactly what God has planned! Coincidentally, my reading this morning was John 12:16 which says "At first his disciples did not understand all this." They only realized later, but it does not say " The disciples did not understand and so turned away" or " The disciples never came to understand."
You need some prayers. Check! I'm totally all over it! Being persistent in prayer is something that's hard to do when the feeling of this is never going to be clear to me cannot stop going through your head.
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