Daily Wisdom for Women February 23, 2023

 February 23, 2023 - Patience   "I waited patiently for the Lord to help me, and he turned to me and heard my cry.  He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and the mire.  He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked along.  He has given me a new song to sing, a hymn of praise to our God."  Psalm 40: 1-3

 

I am not a patient person---far from it.  It's not so much the 'I can hardly wait until......' that makes me impatient.  It is usually with other people and what I expect from them that makes me impatient.  Like if someone is supposed to call me or let me know about something----and I am still waiting to hear from that person.  Or if I am sitting in a waiting room for a doctor's appointment, or even a nail appointment, and the clock is ticking past the time I was to be there.   If I am trying to be somewhere by a certain time and there is a slow moving vehicle in front of me, or I hit every red light, or there is so much traffic.  Or if I am ready to check out at Meijer or Payless and there is just one lane open and there are five people in front of me.  

However the devotion is talking about God's timing.  And there is that word 'light' again (Rhonda's Word of the Year).   Somehow it just doesn't seem to fit what I just listed in the previous paragraph.  But maybe.....I am supposed to be standing in line because that prevents me from being in the vehicle at the traffic light and being hit by a car whose driver ran the red light.  Who knows?  

 

Teach me patience, Lord.  Remind me that Your sense of timing is not the same as mine---but that, ultimately, You will work out all the details of my life.  When I can't see You either inside my heart or in the world outside, help me rest in the assurance that a new song is on its way.  Amen.