Patience

 I have never been a patient person.  I know what I want and I want it now.  I think sometimes I am looking so far ahead to what I want that I lose sight of the present.  I have my focus on the future and don't pay attention to how the Lord is at work around me. 

Right now I am living thousands of miles away from my friends and family.  I am terribly homesick and everything about my current situation rubs me the wrong way.  I am so easily frustrated these days.  And because all I can focus on is the future of how to get back home, I am missing the good things around me; the opportunity to make new friends, the chance to embrace a new culture and see and try new things.  And most importantly, how the Lord is using our family in this place.  Just in the last few weeks alone we have witnessed 2 people get saved and will soon be having a baptism!

So I may not be thrilled with where I live but I know that God is going to use it for His purpose, and in the end isn't that all that really matters?

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

This is a song that has been playing on the radio that has really been speaking to me lately:


I lost my keys in the great unknown
And call me please 'Cuz I can't find my phone

This is the stuff that drives me crazy
This is the stuff that's getting to me lately
In the middle of my little mess
I forget how big I'm blessed
This is the stuff that gets under my skin
But I gotta trust You know exactly what You're doing
It might not be what I would choose
But this is the stuff You use

45 in a 35
Sirens and fines while I'm running behind
Whoa
This is the stuff that drives me crazy
This is the stuff that's getting to me lately
In the middle of my little mess
I forget how big I'm blessed
This is the stuff that gets under my skin
But I gotta trust You know exactly what You're doing
It might not be what I would choose
But this is the stuff You use

So break me of impatience
Conquer my frustrations
I've got a new appreciation
It's not the end of the world
Oh Oh Oh

This is the stuff that drives me crazy
This is the stuff
Someone save me
In the middle of my little mess
I forget how big I'm blessed
This is the stuff that gets under my skin
And I've gotta trust You know exactly what You're doing
It might not be what I would choose
But this is the stuff You use
Oh Oh Oh Oh
This is the stuff You use