Blessings In His Time

” And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.." Galatians 6:9.

In our fast-paced, nanosecond world, patience is waning to say the least. I sometimes find it difficult to wait on my ‘slow’ computer to retrieve data in less than 5 seconds and then I recall that early home PC’s that required 3-5 minutes while loading something from the programmed cassette tapes. Patience.

Imagine living in the 1800’s and waiting for several weeks to receive mail from New York if your residence was in Santa Fe. History tells us that the Civil War did not actually end with the Surrender of General Lee at Appomattox. In fact, skirmishes continued for several months afterwards because of the difficulty in communication. Patience.

My father told the story of sitting around the radio with friends on Friday nights listening to the news on the radio….the room lit with a single light bulb. Not much of a ‘Foot Print; back in the early 1900’s, hmmm. Patience.

Recalling our days in Peru is filled with memories of waiting in untold lines for minutes and sometimes hours to accomplish a task that is taken care of in seconds on the Internet. Patience.

And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, "I have asked for him from the LORD." 1 Samuel 1:20

For years Hannah desired a child and she labored in prayer and upon the Lord she waited and waited and waited until He decided to provide. And then she literally gave her 3 year old son, Samuel, to the care of Eli. Faith and patience in the Lord always result in His blessings. Blessings beyond our ability to understand.