Impatient

MORNING THOUGHTS ☕️

This morning, I was looking at this plant I just bought for the porch…and I started laughing. It’s called an IMPATIENT.

I, for sure, can be impatient.

Recently, I was feeling that way around a certain thing. I had to catch myself and STOP and get back into remembering that I have nothing, ZERO, no reason to be impatient. Impatient means I’m not trusting God’s timing. Impatient can move us into trying to make things happen in OUR timing. Impatient can make us forfeit God’s best for what we think is the best. Impatient can make us miss God’s hand in our lives because we take everything into our own.

And guess what? We don’t become less impatient by trying to be more patient. That’s still a flesh thing. We become more patient by abiding in the spirit. Patience is a fruit of the SPIRIT. When I stop looking with natural eyes, wanting everything in MY timing, and I get back in my spirit and remember that God’s timing is what I really want…I can take a deep breath and release the impatience and get back to the peace of patience and trusting and knowing He’s got it.

Now, I’m even more glad I got this plant to remind me to NOT be impatient:)

xox.eb