With loving and following God comes patience.

He directs the precise paths we take each day, knowing the point as to where we’re going to end up. Our souls are called to wait on Him and trust in His understanding.

When we are impatient with God, it takes up an evil inside of us. Our peace is forced out by stress, anxiety, and our patient souls are darkened. With dark souls, we’re pushed away from Him, leaning solely onto our own understanding and our own timing, which is the exact opposite of what Jesus calls us to do.

Having trust in God is arduous, but growing patience is where the cruelty of the world catches up to us. We’re all worried about something; whether it be bills, boyfriends/girlfriends, or school, which settles the questions in our heads of: “When will my car get paid off?” “When will I be in a good relationship?” “What am I going to do with my life after I graduate?,” developing our impatience.

Constantly asking yourself, or God, these questions of what’s going to happen next, or when something is going to happen, doesn’t show Him the trust we need to have in order to follow Him.

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.” -Proverbs 3:5-6

God’s timing is perfect! His love is patient, kind, so give back the love that he’s granted us back to Him. Instead of asking: “When will things get better?” pray: “My trust is in you Lord. Keep my soul at peace while I am patient in your timing.”

The cliche of “everything happens for a reason” is the most authentic sentiment this world has given us. God’s plan always contains trials and tribulations, but high points as well. He gives his toughest battles to those He believes will overcome them. The art of climbing our grappling oubliettes to contentment in him, is that we’re drawn in closer into his embrace. Impatience may create a gap between us and Him, but once we develop our patience and understanding, we’re pulled even closer in, the length of the gap closing by His arms reaching towards us.

Replace your stress with peace: “Become complete. Be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.” - 2 Corinthians 13:11 Revive your weakness of impatience and give it all to Him, for we’re not fully committed on to God until we’re in full peace, comfort, in Him with our lives. No worrying about the future, no impatience of when His plan well be completely in effect.

Our lives will always be abstract; full of “why God?” ‘s and “this isn’t what I planned on happening” ‘s, but isn’t that a beautiful way to live? To give your whole self to a higher power who knows every detail of your life, your struggles, and provides for you a life that will turn out better than what you’d ever imagined.

With loving, following God may bring times of stress, impatience with his timing, but the art of it all, is that He knows you’ll be impatient with him before a single doubt snakes its way into your head. God isn’t finished with you yet and is there in your times of impatience. Brighten your soul, allow yourself to have patience, peace in His promises.

“You don’t understand what I’m doing now, but someday you will.” -John 13:7