SIT AND WAIT ON THE LORD

Failure comes from depending too much on your own strength.

Why is that so hard to...what? Flow with? Make mine? I read it, I believe it to be true, I relax into it, I feel safe. Suddenly I hear that train comin' round the bend in my mind...chugging "what to do what to do what to do what to do what to do what to do?"  I see that I'm trying to avoid using the peace of mind that God has offered about a penny-ante problem.

God's solution: I've got it, leave it to me.

My solution: just call Petunia and explain, just walk right up to Herkimer and ask, just insert self...and risk yet more rues, regrets and remorses rather than sit and wait on the Lord.

If only God weren't such a drag-foot! His way could take years...or minutes. It's that unknown factor. Always, God's got the unknown factor. There it is. God is a sure thing...only we do not get to know ahead of time exactly what is his sure thing? When will it happen? To whom? For whose benefit...right now...ultimately?

It is always easier to just do it (never mind the utter uncertainty of exactly what to do) than it is to bide our time or to simply think pleasant thoughts about roses and rainbows.

I'll just bet that that is God's perfect plan...give us no clear answer on how to get over on someone (which is inevitably our ego's bottom line) so that we are forced to use our inner supply of faith, trust, patience, love...that which we don't use because they take too much time but continue to pray for.

Why, I wonder, do we continue to pray for that which we already have but do not use? Do we think praying will keep us on the good side of God? We need to keep on the good side of our own self...then we won't want to follow our ego's siren call to get over on Petunia or Herkimer.

I know it...but show it? It just takes time. Sigh.

Thank you.