THE WAITING

Hi guys!
I know its been forever since I've written anything, its weird how many topics I have going on in my head that I want to share, but I know they're not completely ready to be written down yet.
However, I definitely know that this one is.
It's something that's been on my heart for a good month or so now, and I'm not gonna lie, I've honestly been dreading it.

Watch this video. Its a song from Shrek the Musical, (why there is such a thing...I don't know), and I can honestly say that I never thought I would be comparing God to a song from Shrek...but it's happening. BUT. Watch. It. It's funny. And I'm comparing things to this in my blog...so you need to understand.

Guys, the waiting. It can be so so hard. I know this song is specifically about relationships, but it can relate to waiting for almost anything. Job searching, life callings, your next step in life. You name it.

Coming to IWU has been great, but my goodness my patience is getting even thinner than it began, and trust me, there wasn't much to start with. Just like Fiona when reading the stories about princesses meeting their princes, I feel like I'm surrounded by stories just the same. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I sit there and listen to how someone waited and they got what they needed from God. So many times I just want the fact that I know that waiting is a thing to be enough for me to get what I need, to know the answers, to meet my prince, to find my job. But alas, that's not how things work.

This past month I've been pounded with verses that remind that I need to wait, this one in particular,
"If It is the Lord's will, we will do this or that." James 4:15

I'm such a planner, I need to know whats going to happen at every second at every day so I can manage accordingly, and I'm slowly discovering God doesn't quite work that way.

Waiting is learning to trust in God more. This is something I've struggled with, but when you realize God will never ever leave you, and never ever misguide you, it can become easier. God is everlasting, and never changing, "I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love which Christ Jesus our Lord shows us. We can't be separated by death or life, by angels or rulers, by anything in the present or anything in the future, by forces or powers in the world above or in the world below, or by anything else in creation." Romans 8:38-39

Waiting is stinking hard. Sometimes, that's all you have to hold on to, and I think that's okay. But it's truly making us grow closer to God through seeking comfort and a learning to listen to Him better. So whether you're dying to meet your prince charming, or just trying to figure out your next step in life, the waiting is worth something.

Fiona did her waiting, and she got Shrek. It's funny how we think we know what we want, until God gives us what we truly need. Also, again, never thought I'd use Shrek in a devotional.

So here I am, in my time of waiting, hoping that my answers will come quick, but I know they will come when I'm ready.

Now I have to write a research paper, because unlike waiting, I'm very good at procrastination.

God Bless!
Kasia