The Rhythm of Love

We live in  a world filled with quick fixes...bored? Turn on the television. Tired? Pop in a 5 hour energy pill. The word patient doesn't really look like something society is bent on practicing. Why wait when an antedote is right around the corner? In the world of Christianity, patience is such a virtue, something meant to be practiced and worked on. But there is something that most get confused on when it comes to patience. It does not mean seeing something you desire, then sitting and waiting twiddling your thumbs in anxiety. When you recognize something you desire or want, God don't sit back...take action towards Christ. Pray  right then and there,  hurrying to Him not for a quick fix to what you want, rather the right desires for what you need. Don't look at the long road ahead, look at every step your taking right now and how our precious Lord helps us lift every step we take. No matter how unstable the path may be, He is there.

I go through the same cycle every day, asking the same infuriating questions followed by the long, drawn out silence from God. Im constantly looking, seeking, pondering, begging desperately for the answers to why things happen the way they happen. And even why Im suffering the way I am, when do I get a break? The truth is... we may never known, if we were to have the map of our lives given to us at this moment, the impact of merciful blessings and undying faith would cease to exist. Think about it logically for a second, would we really need to rely on our sisters and brothers or anyone at all if we knew our future? Our ability to believe and follow a miraculous savior would be like a rope being cut, frayed and weakened with every stroke of all our questions being answered. We would thank Him for the blessings, but forget the power of hardship in its entirety, and blessings would become normal life. Beautiful moments wouldn't be recognizable.What Im trying to say is that I get it, ...