Patience is a Virtue

I waited patiently upon the Lord
He turned to me and heard my cry.
He lifted me out of the slimy pit
out of the mud and the mire.
He set my feet upon a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.

Psalm 40:1-2

I've always heard the saying, "Patience is a Virtue". I believe that wholeheartedly, especially when it comes to waiting on God's Timing. I don't, however, think that patience is something we are born with. You see, I tend to be a hurry up and get it done type of person. Waiting feels like it will kill me sometimes. I want answers and I want them now. I think that is only human, but it isn't what God calls us to. Sometimes I think it takes getting to the bottom of that pit for us to look up, face dirty and tear stained, feet cracked and dusty, and hands empty and lifted high as a child reaching for his mother or father to pick him up.

It takes brokenness for us to finally look up and say, "Lord, here am I." It is only in brokenness and desperation that we truly surrender our all to our Maker. It is in our brokenness that we long to be made whole. In our brokenness and sadness we learn patience and worship. Brokenness is something that we should long for.

Father God, I thank you for my brokenness. I thank you for the sadness. Teach me Lord to lift my hands and worship you. Help me to surrender and Lord, help me to wait patiently on You. I know that You are the Only One that can lift me up. Keep my eyes on You, Lord and my heart open to Your Lessons. In Your Sweet Name I pray...