[ patience personified ]

Good Morning.  I’m sitting here sipping my coffee and enjoying the posts of my siblings. 

God has taught me a lot over the past couple weeks.  Perhaps more about myself in two weeks than I’ve learned in the past year total.   I knew I wasn’t a very patient person, and I have been conscienciously working on it for a long time, but the areas that filters into weren’t aware to me until I was brutally held accountable. 

Don’t you love accountability?

I know I do.  Ok, well, not always–cause it DOES make us look at the ugly things we don’t want to see in ourselves.  But the end product is glorious.  I have, on a scale of 1-10, moved about 10 spots from where I was, say, last month.  God, close friends, and the earthly love of my life….were patient with me and loved me enough to show me where I was falling short.  Thank Heaven for those people. 

I was also upset because I really wanted to go on a mission trip that would have really been in an area that’s a passion of mine with people I truly have a heart for.  I felt I wasn’t ‘needed’ or ‘wanted’ there, and therefore wasn’t invited/welcome to come [upon notification of it and then my inquiry].  Then, yet again, God snapped me in the head to remind me that He had other things in mind for me during this time, and that He simply didn’t plan for me to be on that particular trip.  And He was right.  Just in the past week, I have received 4….count them, FOUR….job offers.   And today, I am doing my third and final interview with the place I like best.  Your prayers are welcome and appreciated!  It seems God’s waiting had a purpose.  I really hope this is somewhere I’ll enjoy, and it certainly seems it will. 

I am beyond thankful for the place I’m at in my life right now.  I am also truly thankful for those select friends who really went on a limb for me, loved me, challenged me, and were there ….not condemning….but ready to do anything in the world for me.  Last, but certainly not least, I am thankful for the loving man God placed in my life, that I have the honor of calling my ‘fiance’.  Thank you for being the man after His heart that I’ve always prayed for, and for being patient with my shortcomings…loving me the best way anyone can.  You are proof that God loves me.

 [ADDENDUM:  I got the job and passed with flying colors!  I will be the new sales and design rep. at Furnitureland South, the world's largest home furnishings store!  They said that my scores on their test were the highest in their history [they currently have over 1000 employees], and that they’ve never seen anyone perform as well as I did in an interview.  It was SO ENCOURAGING!!!  Yay!!!  Thanks for the prayers!]