The Lord does not delay and is not tardy or slow about what He promises, according to some people’s conception of slowness, but He is long-suffering (extraordinary patient) toward you, not desiring that any should perish, but that all turn to repentance.
-2 Peter 3:9
My journey to salvation was smooth, growing in a Christian home made it easy for me to find God. And when I eventually found God, my life became fuller, more colorful, I never thought I will go through situations that will tear me apart and totally change me. But in all this God has always waited for me, whether I got to know Him earlier or not because I eventually act as a runaway lover. The lover that runs away when she doesn’t get what she wants at her own time and in her own way. And His string of grace always draw me back to Him.
So here I am today, not attained perfection, still falling and getting up again. Sometimes I crawl because I doubt my feet could carry me. And He is patient, he is willing to wait, standing by my side. My struggles and failures don’t slow Him down.
I run away too often, returning to Him broken and covered with mold that hides my face, and yet He recognizes me and cleans me up, mending my broken soul.
As I find myself away from Him, I fall into the hands of strangers and He never hesitate to look for me. Because if He never made the move to find me, I would never had found my way back.
In all these running away and coming back He teaches me still. Even from things I least expect to learn from, He draws out the lessons from. And here I am sitting taking notes from the lessons but distractions soon takes my attention and I loose my notes. Good thing He’s always there when I run off and fling my notes in the process, because He picks up the notes and hands it over when I’m back from my misadventure.
And by the time I opened my notes, I realized I just derailed from the lessons I took down. And this realization caused me depression and in that process, my face is been lifted up by Him and His face, right in front of me, as I look into His eyes I saw me, the perfect me. But I don’t look for too long, because I feel disappointed in myself.
I wish I could always look into Him and find myself, but I guess I always succumb to the reality of the identity I have always known.
And I am glad He never gives up on me.
Well, I know this story may be similar to you or you probably have passed this phase of running and coming, however, either of the situation you might be or neither. The Beauty of it all is, His wait and I am talking about Jesus.
In all we go through, where we were and find ourselves presently, He teaches us even from the baseless things. He speaks to us in a way we understand things.
So it doesn’t matter how base you may be, He knows how best to speak to you.
And this is the story and lessons of the WAIT, well, just a glimpse of the story.
The story unfolds as seconds pass.
Even as you and I wait for answers to prayers, questions, God has been in the wait longer than any of us, that why you and I need to always find strength in Him, because He has been there and done that.
Isn’t it beautiful and satisfying, that someone so above you and powerful knows exactly how you feel, that means, you and I ain’t truthful when we say words to Him like “You have no idea how I feel or what this means to me”. You definitely know the feeling when someone you love says that to you.
Now, you see the lessons He draws out from daily living.
This is what I will be taking you through, what He teaches me and how He does it, my falls and my rising.
Knowing that you and I are all in this together gives you and I strength and hope for each day.
Shalom.
In His Love💓
Nenpan Wungak
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