About a week ago God used one of my very best friends to communicate with me to be patient. When she told me this I was a little confused because I feel like I am a pretty patient person and I couldn’t think of anything that has really been plaguing my mind more than normal. I spent some time thinking about exactly what that meant, but I really wasn’t getting much about it…until Sunday.
During church on Sunday we didn’t have a translator, so I spent a lot of time praying and reading my own Bible when this whole “be patient” thing popped into my mind again. As I spent some time processing through this, it hit me. I have a list of things that I really do spend a lot of time thinking about, and the more time I think about these things the more concerned I find myself.
- Where will I get a new car when I get home?
- How will I pay my student loans?
- What does my immediate future after the Race look like?
- If my future is going where I think that it is going, who will support me financially in that?
These things have plagued my mind for the last month or so, and the more that I think about them the more worked up I get about them in my mind. Tonight while I was having my time with Jesus it hit me that my lack of patience in waiting for the answers to these questions is proving a deeper level of distrust in God’s provision. So I will chose to trust that Jesus will provide everything that I need, and in that trust I will find great patience as I wait for Him to walk me through what is next.
All of these things being said, I ask that you would spend time praying for these things in my life. Pray for patience, pray for a car, pray for a job to pay my student loans with, pray for guidance in my future, and please pray for people to come and support me in whatever God takes me to next.
Thank you so much for being such an incredible support to me over the last year or so, God is doing big things, and I can’t wait to see what’s next!!
