This morning as I read the Scriptures I was struck with a thought that has been reverberating(is this even word?) in my mind all day. The words are not mine. They are from the message translation. The words are


Passionate Patience

What does it mean to live with passion and patience, or a patience that is passionate? It is a waiting that I do not quite understand. I usually swing from one end of the pendulum to the other. Frequently, I abandon hope and begin to make things work on my own, or just give up and believe (somewhere deep down) that God has forgotten me. He hasn't.

There is a place of passionate waiting. I long for that place of trust and leaning into God.

Today though there are many unresolved issues in my life and some things that I am believing God for. I know that these words were an encouragement from God. My issues may be resolved this side of heaven or they may not be. However, He is God and I want to wait passionately for Him.