Patience and Faith

I read this article today about having faith "when God makes you wait" (the title of the article). It gives biblical examples of people who had to wait. Lots and lots of waiting. Here are some of the words that I really liked:

“See… sometimes the waiting period of our lives is the most 
important time in our life.
It is during this period when nothing seems to be happening, when 
prayers seem to go unanswered, when God seems so far away that 
the most spiritual growth takes place in our lives. That we learn to 
become more like Him.
It is during this time that we build spiritual “muscle”.
That we grow in faith.
That we learn to only depend on Him.”

I am still working on this part.

“I want to remind you that God is not deaf to your prayers.

He is not blind to your constant tears, to your desires, and to your needs.

IF He is making you wait, there is a very good reason for it.

Wherever you are at today know that God is right beside you and that there is a purpose for you. Even if that purpose is to wait.”

Sometimes I do feel like I have fasted and prayed so much and others have for me and Cody and it is falling on deaf ears. I know that sounds horrible, but when I am truly discouraged, that is how I feel. I am not the most patient person in the world, so this idea of waiting doesn't come very easily for me.

“Don’t give up just because you don’t see anything happening today.

Maybe there is nothing physically happening that your eyes can see but there is definitely something happening in the spiritual realm as you learn to rely on Christ.

Don’t allow your waiting period to make you hopeless about what tomorrow will bring.

Instead, let it build your faith and give you even greater hope for what God has prepared for you.

He made some of the greatest men of faith wait.

Don’t be discouraged if He makes you wait as well.

He will come through for you, just like He came through for them.”

I am working on trying to understand (even just a little bit) about what might be in store for me. It might be to never have biological children. It might be to adopt. It might be to never have children. I don’t know, that that is always the hardest part. I am working on having faith, not that I will have kids someday, but that whatever happens, kids or not, that the Lord loves me and has a plan for my life. It might not be the same as mine, but I can still have faith that He loves me and hears me.