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Patience

I can only hope we’ve all had a person that loved us and encouraged us no matter where we were at any time or place in our life. At times we all need someone that will wait on us. Someone that will keep praying and keep speaking faith into our future. Someone that will believe in us when we didn’t believe in ourselves. Someone that covered us in mercy, not judgement, not find fault but will love us back into wholeness.

We often write people off too easily. Where they are now, is not where they’re going to end up. We shouldn’t judge people by the present. Some of the people we’re tempted to write off are chosen vessels, all they need is for someone to wait on them. Someone to say yes they may be off course but I’m going to give them a call, take them to lunch, let them know I’m thinking of them, that I believe in them. Not to judge them, not to straighten them out but just to say I love you.

Sometimes I think about how many times God has waited on me. He waited when I was off coarse, he waited when I wouldn’t forgive, he waited when I was compromised, when I had the wrong friends,. He could have said that’s it I’m done with you, but he waited, he showed me mercy. He picked me up when I fell, he waited when I was bitter, he waited when I didn’t believe.

Sometimes it’s good to look back and say Lord thank you for waiting on me. Lord thank You for giving me another chance. Thank You for cleaning up the mess I made. Thank You for covering me when I didn’t deserve it. God has waited on all of us, now he’s asking will you wait on someone for Him.

Growing up my mother was the matriarch of our family. She was the driving force that brought a positive future view too each one of us kids. She brought God and religion into our house, and into our family. This began before the 4 of us kids were born, she brought God into my father’s life. My father and his family struggled through the depression, they didn’t practice religion. My mother waited on him.

When we were kids many times my father would take the 4 of us kids to church while my mother stayed home and prepared the family Sunday dinner. I know my father enjoyed taking us to church, he knew he was helping place the goodness of God into our lives, it was something he never had. ( I wish I could go back to those days).

When my brother Paul was getting confirmed he needed a sponsor and my father wanted to sponsor him but couldn’t because he had never been confirmed. Before my brother was confirmed a priest from the parish sponsored my father, he was confirmed, and then he sponsored my brother Paul, something I’ll always remember. My mother’s patience had certainly paid off.

In proverbs it says train up a child and when they are old they will not depart from it. You may have a child that has gone off coarse. The good news is they have been trained to know the Lord. That faith was deposited into their spirit. Proverbs intentionally doesn’t speak about the middle of life. They may get off track. You may not see how they are going to get back on track, what are you supposed to do?, wait on them, keep encouraging, keep praying, keep loving them. You keep praying and things are happening. In the end they will come back to God.

We’re not here to convict people, the Holy Spirit is the one that convicts. Our job is just to plant the seeds. The scripture says love never fails. God waited on you now it’s time we wait on them. Don’t give up on prayer, encouragement, helping someone in need. It’s the goodness of God that will lead them to repentance. We’re all on a journey don’t stop loving those around you, love never fails. Happy Saturday! Hope you all have a Great weekend. J.Goodrich

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