REMAINING PATIENT WITH THE PLANS OF GOD

REMAINING PATIENT WITH THE PLANS OF GOD God has a PLAN For ALL of us That much I know I have seen it And felt it IN my own life It can be A wild ride While we are waiting To see God's plans For our own life “BUT they soon Forgot his works; They waited NOT for his counsel” Psalm 106:13 It is HUMBLING To feel weak In the presence Of someone else's Strength and power This psalm Is spoken of the Israelites In the dessert UNHAPPY that they feel So weak Before the Canaanites' Strength and power It is easy To sympathize With their unhappiness and impatience No one likes To feel small and weak And isn't that The way for us When we begin To feel IMPATIENT with God When our plans For our own life Isn't happening fast enough “A person's wisdom YIELDS PATIENCE” Proverbs 19:11 I used to tell My dad God has a plan For all of us Even when he was diagnosed With Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma My dad would just wryly smile And say: “I WISH He would come up With a new plan” He was sick For two years BEFORE he passed on And he would often say: “I'm offering up My suffering For the poor souls In purgatory” I wish we all COULD remain that patient I think it would be A BETTER WORLD But like The Israelities We grumble And become IMPATIENT with God “Being strengthened With all power According to his glorious might So that you may have GREAT endurance and PATIENCE” Colossians 1:11 What a difference HAVING PATIENCE In our lives make I think having patience Having FAITH in God's PLAN Makes us more actively engaged In life Like my dad It HELPS us become MORE AWARE of the love Within the suffering And more committed To the POWER OF LOVE in life And actually living it Dear Lord-WE PRAY We have not forgotten ALL you have done for us In life Please HELP US To REMAIN PATIENT For the plans you have for us IN LIFE AND FULFILLING THEM Robert P. Wallman 8-4-15 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Mary Marrocco