Lady of Patience

Psalm 27:11-14 Teach me your way O LORD, and lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies. Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries; For false witnesses have risen against me, and such as breathe out violence. Wait on the LORD; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the LORD.

God is teaching me so much about patience and waiting [and by waiting I mean serving while listening] lately, it's overwhelming. I always correlated patience with struggle and dis-contentedness because it is the place I struggle with most. In being such a control freak, when everything is on my time line, I am a happy camper; but throw that off and my fuse gets pretty short. However, on my journey to learning what it means to love with Christ's love, I learned that patience is key and since then I've been trying to apply it to all parts of my life. The biggest struggle comes to dealing with my future, more specifically the possibility of a husband. Yet, the closer I've grown to the Lord the more I've realized what a blessing waiting can be. Upon understanding the purpose behind waiting and being patience, I have developed such a peace for where I am in life. Some incredible girls are in my life and constantly encouraging me but the world is constantly trying to prove to me how insane I am. When I found the verse from above I couldn't help but dwell on the portion about the will of my adversaries. The will of the world so much encompasses the opposite of God's will and it is constantly thrown in my face. Especially with the subject I'm dealing with at the moment. What a comfort it is to know that HE will strengthen my heart if I wait [serve] on Him. Only in Him is strength enough to overcome the violence breathed out by the world, the lies that tell me the path I'm supposed to follow. Right now I am resting in His strength and am comforted.

Here's a little John Waller lining up so perfectly with my prayer to the Lover of my soul:

I'm waiting
I'm waiting on You, Lord
And I am hopeful
I'm waiting on You, Lord
Though it is painful
But patiently, I will wait

I will move ahead, bold and confident
Takeing every step in obedience
While I'm waiting
I will serve You
While I'm waiting
I will worship
While I'm waiting
I will not faint
I'll be running the race
Even while I wait

I'm waiting
I'm waiting on You, Lord
And I am peaceful
I'm waiting on You, Lord
Though it's not easy
But faithfully, I will wait
Yes, I will wait
I will serve You while I'm waiting
I will worship while I'm waiting
I will serve You while I'm waiting
I will worship while I'm waiting
I will serve you while I'm waiting
I will worship while I'm waiting on You, Lord