I waited patiently for the Lord. (Psalm 40: 1)

Be
patient… Patience is a virtue…Patience, Patience, Patience! Having
patience is really difficult! Isn’t being patient (waiting on God) much
harder than walking out in our faith? It seems that some of us have
been waiting forever for our circumstances to change. We can feel
trapped. And feeling trapped makes us wonder what is actually going on
behind the scenes, and why aren’t our circumstances changing? Even
though I suffer with having a rare form of Muscular Dystrophy, I can
sit here and say that God has been quite merciful and gracious to me.
He knows the exact words this girl needs to be encouraged. I definitely
see His hand in everything I do. I say that because He has clearly
guided me to read the personal testimonies and words from others
pertaining to suffering. And because of this, I know, that I know, that
I absolutely know…God has a purpose in all of His delays.

Whatever
seems to be holding you captive at this moment in time let me encourage
you. Your mountain may seem insurmountable now, but I beg you to step
out of yourself for a moment and think of the word eternity, think
forever, think perpetual, think unending. I once heard someone’s
description of eternity… imagine the ocean, and then imagine spilling a
cup of coffee into it. Our lives are that one small cup compared to the
vast ocean. And that vast ocean is eternity.

One of the most
precious gifts I gave to my father was a scrapbook. It tells the story
of my dad’s life. For the first page of the scrapbook I was able to
find old family pictures of him as a child. Each page of that book had
pictures and content representing a time in my dad’s life. When I
presented the finished scrapbook to my dad he told me, with joyful
tears, it was the best gift he ever got. Making that scrapbook was fun,
but there is something I realize even more so after my father died… Our
earthly lives are just like turning pages in a scrapbook. Think about
that…they’re just like turning pages in a scrapbook.

All
we can do is keep “going with God’s flow,” and in time He will make our
paths straight. We have His Word on that! So no matter what…PERSEVERE!

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About Lori Laws

Lori Laws lives in Bethlehem, PA with her husband, Michael.  She is running the race of faith in the midst of a Muscle Disease.  Writing about her life experiences lets others know that God is indeed in the details.

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