Tag: patience
The Patient Potter and the Impatient Clay
I cracked open my Bible last night to Jeremiah 18. In this chapter, the prophet Jeremiah is sent by God to visit a potter’s house because God wanted to give him a message there. Jeremiah writes: “So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him. → Read more...
Waiting…
As a kid, I remember WAITING for Christmas to come so I could open those Christmas presents. The days seemed to go by so SLOOOWWLLY that it would drive me nuts. What was I to do? What are we to do when we’re waiting anxiously for something that seems so far away? I came across this wonderful piece written by Dr. Larry Pillow of A Fresh Start Ministries. I’d like to share it with you this week. → Read more...
God Has a Plan, Just Wait
April 26, 2012
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I just finished reading the story of Joseph in the book of Genesis. Most of us know this story from Sunday School. It is one of the early Bible lessons that we learn. Joseph, the favorite of twelve sons, was sold into slavery to passing Arab merchants who, in turn, sold him to one of the prominent officials of an Egyptian pharaoh. Through his integrity and God’s blessing, he rose to prominence in the official’s household only to be thrown into jail after falsely being accused of adultery by the official’s wife. → Read more...
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