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Category Archives: Patience
The Curious Case of the Tribes of Reuben, Gad, & Manasseh
God had given the land of Canaan to Israel (Abraham’s descendants, the Jews). Some forty years after unbelief and cowardice cost them their first opportunity to make the land their own (Numbers 14:1-38), God again guided them to its brink … Continue reading
God Doesn’t Always Provide Simple Solutions
In his book Morning Devotions, Tom Wallace tells the following story: Everybody’s heart went out to the little lady who hobbled through the waiting room of one of our local doctors. She was bent over like a horseshoe. A short … Continue reading
Posted in Choices, Christ's Miracles, God's Timing, God's Provision, God's Will, Needs, Patience, Problems, Trusting In God, Waiting
Tagged I see men like trees walking, Jesus rubbing mud on a man's eyes, Jesus spitting on a man's eyes, Jesus spitting on the ground, Sometimes the simplest solution isn't the best one, Tom Wallace devotion, Why did Jesus make mud?, woman who needed a longer cain
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A Quick Word About Revenge
A group of American soldiers were stationed in Korea during the Korean War. While they were there they hired a young Korean fellow to cook and clean for them. Unfortunately for the Korean, the soldiers were a bunch of pranksters. … Continue reading
When the Timing Isn’t Right
Tonya and I lived in a rental apartment and then a rental house for pretty much the first two years of our marriage. Then we started looking around for a house to buy. One house in particular looked good and … Continue reading
Can God’s Plan Take a Long Time to Play Out?
(Questions From Israel’s Exodus” series: post #2) We expect God to do His work through angels, lightning bolts, and whirlwinds, but the fact is that He usually does it through people. More to the point, He oftentimes raises up just … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Aging, Coming Judgment, Disappointment, Doubt, Faith, Faithfulness, God's Timing, God's Work, Justice, Patience, Persecution, Perseverance, Prayer Requests, Problems, Series: "Questions From Israel's Exodus", Suffering, Trials, Trusting In God, Waiting
Tagged God works through individuals, Moses put in the basket, Moses' parents hiding him, the birth of Moses, waiting on God's deliverance
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Does God Sometimes Let Us Endure Dark Days?
(“Questions From Israel’s Exodus” series: post #1) In Genesis 15:12-16, we read about a dream that Abraham had in which God declared that Abraham’s descendants would spend 400 years in a foreign land and be afflicted there through servitude to … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Christ's Birth, Depression, Disappointment, Doubt, Faithfulness, God's Timing, God's Work, Human Life, Patience, Perseverance, Problems, Series: "Questions From Israel's Exodus", Slavery, Suffering, Trials, Trusting In God, Waiting
Tagged Herod killing the babies of Bethlehem, Israel throwing their males babies into the Nile river, Israel's exodus from Egypt, Israel's 400 years in Egypt, serving God in difficult times, We ought to obey God rather than men, Why does God allow dark times in our lives?
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God Is Working For You
A mother was busy preparing lunch for her young daughter. The little girl came into the kitchen, stood on her tiptoes to try to see above the counter, and asked, “Mommy, what are you doing?” The mother answered, “I’m working.” … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Anger, Belief, Christ's Death, Disappointment, Doubt, Faith, God's Love, God's Work, Impatience, Needs, Patience, Perseverance, Trials, Trusting In God, Waiting
Tagged God at work for you, God is working, Though He slay me yet will I trust Him, trusting God during the hard times
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Six Feet Farther
The story is told of a Swedish miner who purchased an expensive claim in a certain region known for its mother-lode of gold. He then spent the next three years working hard to strike it rich in that claim. In … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Choices, Commitment, Decisions, Doing Good, Encouragement, Faithfulness, God's Timing, God's Will, God's Work, Impatience, Patience, Perseverance, Reward, Satan, Sowing and Reaping, The Devil, Waiting
Tagged let us not grow weary while doing good, Satan's momentary fleshly pleasures, Satan's rewards vs. God's rewards, story about the miner digging just a little deeper
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How God Can Use Your Patmos
The apostle John lived into his eighties, perhaps into his nineties, and in so doing easily outlived all the other apostles. And how did he spend his “senior citizen” years? Post-Biblical church history provides strong documentation that he lived and … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Character, Complaining, Disappointment, Faith, Faithfulness, God's Work, Influence, Ministry, Patience, Persecution, Perseverance, Problems, Service, Spiritual Warfare, Sports, Suffering, Trials, Trusting In God, Waiting
Tagged Domition persecuting John, growing in the valley, how God can use a problem in your life, learning from a bad experience, The difference between Ephesus and Patmos, the island of Patmos, Why was John on Patmos?
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