No Chains on Me…

Time for the silence to be broken…

I think I’m hitting an interesting stage in life these days. I’m at a point, specifically now, when I have too many things I don’t want and need less of.

• Too much distance between me and my girlfriend.
• Too much competition in the job market.
• Too much time on my hands.
• Too many upcoming events that cost more than I can pay for.
• Too much to accomplish before other major life events can happen.

But here I am, simply waiting. It’s something God has often provided opportunities for. Perhaps I can add too much experience with patience to my list. And yet sometimes I still fail to learn how to practice the virtue consistently. So here we go again.

One thing I have realized, however, is that I have never been too far outside of my needs to hit desperation. I’ve been close, but never too far. And so I trust a God whom I believe to be all powerful and knowing what is best for me for the purpose of causing me to glorify him best yet holds me in his hands. He will yet provide. And even if He doesn’t, I will praise Him still.

So I wait.

Pray for me.

“Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. ²¹And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”

“…Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?“