God is working in your waiting...
A great article I read about how God works on us in our waiting
Note to Future Self, and to my dear Siblings in God:
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE learn as earnestly as you can, the lesson of how to wait on the Lord.
Often we get our own selves in trouble...because we are impulsive, impatient, or are just acting carelessly in our lives, even with the smallest decisions....indeed we must show we are careful with even the smallest task, so we can show we can be stewards of bigger things...
So from what I see, we get ourselves in trouble, then we think we can just go back and fix it....whatever that means. But to "fix it" we must consider:
1) How did this happen? Were we distracted? What motivated our mistaken actions? (this is usually fear-based).
2) WHO indeed will fix this? Will it be you, or will you let God be God, and let make a way out of no way? In this current situation I'm writing from now, I will tell you, even though I could do all kinds of things to "fix it," I can't just fix it. I must wait on the Lord, let God be God, and let God show me the right way, and right time, to do what I need to.
This is different from me just acting out of discomfort. Instead of thinking "UGH this sucks I can't go on like this let me just turn around and take it back and fix it right now", my Beloved told me I must let God fix it, let God show me, let God teach me....in other words, I really must sit in my discomfort so the lesson can really sink in....not just experience on a conscious level, but really get inside my subconscious so that I can really internalize this lesson, and hopefully break out of this cycle I keep putting myself into...
So yes, even though I could easily just spaz out and "fix it," that would not be the right way because
1) I wouldn't have learned my lesson deeply, and might definitely make the same mistake again, thus never breaking out of the cycle of pain/suffering,
2) I wouldn't have learned how to wait and trust deeper in the God. We must truly learn how to take shelter in Krishna, and
3) I would be acting again from a motivation of fear, discomfort, not acting as my Higher Self (seeing the Higher Purpose/Big Picture, acting on spiritual level, not material world)....
Thus, to spaz and "fix it" would cause even greater personal harm and put myself in more danger. I must truly rest in the Lord (take shelter!), trust it'll be ok (so I'll be smiling not worrying!), and continue to purify myself and grow ever closer to God, reaching out like how plants reach up to the sun every day...
Please don't be discouraged if you ever find yourself in such a situation of waiting. It is actually a very beautiful experience, a blessing, to be able to have this opportunity to grow in God's love!
Note to Future Self, and to my dear Siblings in God:
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE learn as earnestly as you can, the lesson of how to wait on the Lord.
Often we get our own selves in trouble...because we are impulsive, impatient, or are just acting carelessly in our lives, even with the smallest decisions....indeed we must show we are careful with even the smallest task, so we can show we can be stewards of bigger things...
So from what I see, we get ourselves in trouble, then we think we can just go back and fix it....whatever that means. But to "fix it" we must consider:
1) How did this happen? Were we distracted? What motivated our mistaken actions? (this is usually fear-based).
2) WHO indeed will fix this? Will it be you, or will you let God be God, and let make a way out of no way? In this current situation I'm writing from now, I will tell you, even though I could do all kinds of things to "fix it," I can't just fix it. I must wait on the Lord, let God be God, and let God show me the right way, and right time, to do what I need to.
This is different from me just acting out of discomfort. Instead of thinking "UGH this sucks I can't go on like this let me just turn around and take it back and fix it right now", my Beloved told me I must let God fix it, let God show me, let God teach me....in other words, I really must sit in my discomfort so the lesson can really sink in....not just experience on a conscious level, but really get inside my subconscious so that I can really internalize this lesson, and hopefully break out of this cycle I keep putting myself into...
So yes, even though I could easily just spaz out and "fix it," that would not be the right way because
1) I wouldn't have learned my lesson deeply, and might definitely make the same mistake again, thus never breaking out of the cycle of pain/suffering,
2) I wouldn't have learned how to wait and trust deeper in the God. We must truly learn how to take shelter in Krishna, and
3) I would be acting again from a motivation of fear, discomfort, not acting as my Higher Self (seeing the Higher Purpose/Big Picture, acting on spiritual level, not material world)....
Thus, to spaz and "fix it" would cause even greater personal harm and put myself in more danger. I must truly rest in the Lord (take shelter!), trust it'll be ok (so I'll be smiling not worrying!), and continue to purify myself and grow ever closer to God, reaching out like how plants reach up to the sun every day...
Please don't be discouraged if you ever find yourself in such a situation of waiting. It is actually a very beautiful experience, a blessing, to be able to have this opportunity to grow in God's love!
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| Here is dear Radhe, waiting on Krishna. We must be like her in our waiting: devoted, loving, longing, sincere, unflinching, and purely in love. |
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