This quote especially got me as I think about the work here and how, after 9 years, Peru Mission is really seeing some of those seeds sown in the early days coming to fruition. I am not patient - if I don't see it coming to fruition within a few months,or if I'm really honest, weeks (ouch!) in my mind it ain't gonna happen.
Lord, that I would have the patience to wait and the strength to persevere in hope.
Help me, please.
When we see things we believe need to be changed, most of us are impatient to see them done at once. The kingdom of God does not operate spectacularly, with a sudden rush of irresistible force, but rather like seed and yeast. These are small and wholly unimpressive and go to work only when buried. They need an appropriate medium in which to generate change, but the life-principle is there, latent but powerful, ready to begin the slow and marvelous process of transformation.
Our prayers for change--in people, in situations--are summed up in the old petition, "Thy kingdom come"--but when we ask for that we are asking for what may seem an excruciatingly drawn-out business. We will need the patience of the farmer and the baker who, having done the one thing needful, then quietly (and with calm faith) wait for the thing to happen.
- Elisabeth Eliot
4 comments:
Oh, I am so bad at the waiting and being patient part.
Oh, I am so bad at the waiting and being patient part.
You re becoming this, my friend...you are becoming more and more what He's called you to be. Keep pressing on, Heather.
I love the part about, "Thy kingdom come." That's what it really is all about, isn't it? When I think of His kingdom, I find that my worries fade away and I find that I trust Him more.
Miss you!
Love,
holly
"with calm faith" hmmm.
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