Greetings and Salutations,

Things are looking up in our neck of the woods.

Today, as I drove down the road, I saw three homes that had been recently placed on the market – all three had sale pending signs on them.

When people are once again willing to purchase homes it is a good sign that the economy is improving.

There are still companies advertising for employees, even after the Christmas season is over.

Now, I pray, it continues.

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Proverbs 3:5-6  KJV  “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

⁶ In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”

Trust. 

I do trust the Lord.

So, why don’t I have the patience to allow Him to work things his way; to see the victory we can have by trusting Him?

I pray; and He doesn’t do things immediately.

He doesn’t do it the way I want him to...so, out of frustration I try and get it done ‘my’ way.

We know that may work ‘sometimes.’ 

However, when we decide we know better than God on how He should do things all too often we find that we make things more difficult.

Instead of getting things done His way, the way He plans, we get in His way.

Trust, patience, two words with the same meaning when it comes to being a follower of Jesus Christ.

When we truly learn to trust in Him, when we learn to be patient, we develop the wisdom He wants us to have to better serve Him, to better draw closer to Him.

“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”

I need to have that kind of trust.

Mathew 18:3-4   KJV  “And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

⁴ Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”

Not truly trusting in Him.  Not truly having patience to allow Him to do His will.  That is a special kind of arrogance, when I think I know as much or more than God.

May I humble myself as that little child.

Later, Art (-: