I have realized this weekend how many
of my artistic endeavours take a very long time to finish. My garden
has been a labour of love for many years and every year it changes
little by little into the perfect garden I have desired. My recent
endeavour to build small fairy and Gnome houses has surprised me as
to how long it can take to stick some rocks on a pot. Each little
house takes several days to build as the glue can only hold so many
stones at a time before they slide off.
My other current project to make more
polar fleece curtains is taking ages to do as I really am not very
good yet at all and just cutting and pinning them this Saturday took
hours. Then there is the painting that I haven't done anything of in
recent weeks, that really takes weeks to finish when I do start.
Being creative is not a quick business at all.
So why is it that we expect everything
to be quick when it comes to our spiritual walk? Why do we ask God
to create love, family, our careers, or anything else for that matter
overnight? Are we not God's greatest masterpiece? No there is
nothing quick about being artistic and that is why God is in no
hurray to paint our lives in the brilliant colours that He sees when
He looks at us.
So if you have been wondering why it is
taking so long to see God at work in your life, know this....
God is working in your life, one
stroke, one stitch, one piece at a time and He is patient with us.
Let us learn to be patient with ourselves and with His processes
working in our lives.
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