Did you know that God is patient with you?
It might seem kind of simple, maybe too simple, but it's true.
He's not fed up with you.
He's not standing off in the distance looking down on you, wondering somehow when you're
going to get it together.
He's patient with you.
And I had a lot of fun putting the study together, looking at some really interesting scriptures.
Hi, I'm Leanne Friesman, and this is Restoring Word.
The first one I want to read to you today is Acts 13, 18.
And honestly, this scripture kind of made me giggle.
And it was now for a time of about 40 years.
He put up with their ways in the wilderness.
Now I had never seen a scripture where it said, He put up with their ways.
But that's what it says right there.
This is New King James.
And then another one I pulled today that was interesting was Isaiah 48, verse 9.
For my name's sake, I will defer my anger.
And for my praise, God is saying, for his praise, I will restrain it from you so that
I do not cut you off.
You know, God does not want to cut you off.
He doesn't want to not be in relationship with you.
And I don't know who this is for today, but you know, there are people that just go on
and on and on, and they're kind of oblivious to the goofy things that they're doing.
And then there's people out there that are listening, and they're so hard on themselves.
They just don't think that they could ever meet God's expectations or could be somehow
good enough.
And that is so far from the truth.
We're on a journey, and we're on a journey becoming Christ-like.
And you know what?
That really doesn't happen overnight.
We go from season to season.
We go from glory to glory.
I am so thankful that I am not the same woman that I was six months ago.
How about you?
We are perpetually growing, perpetually changing, perpetually developing our relationship with
him.
And we are supposed to enjoy the journey, because you know what?
We don't ever arrive.
We're never going to be perfect.
We're never going to have it all together.
But God, in his mercy, loves us, cares for us, wants us to continually just be real and
come to him when we're struggling.
A couple things for you today, just to help you.
Be patient with others, knowing that as you're patient with others, God's going to be patient
with you.
I struggle being patient with some people.
I do.
And then I have to be patient with many in my life.
I'm a special education teacher, and I know that over time, they're going to get it.
They're going to get it.
It might not happen when I want it, but eventually, those things are going to click, and it's
going to line up.
And you know that God is patient with us in that way, too.
He knows that we're learning as we're growing.
And that learning process is what matters most to him.
What breaks my heart is when I see people that just give up.
Like something has happened, or they feel like something is so bad that they'll never
be good enough ever again to be in close relationship with him.
And that is a lie from hell.
He knows.
He understands.
He knows the thing that wasn't your fault, or maybe the thing that was thrust upon you
that you had no choice.
You know, he knows those things.
He understands.
He is great in mercy and compassion towards you and towards me.
And that makes me love him even more.
Don't be so hard on yourself.
Sit up straight.
Start over again.
It's okay.
Take it to him.
Be honest with him.
You know, he knows about it anyway, right?
Right?
So just be transparent with him.
Like Peter 3.9 says, the Lord is not slow to fulfill.
his promise as some counsel us but he is patient towards you not wishing that any
should perish but that all should reach repentance you know focus on that truth
today focus on the truth that he is patient with you and that no matter
where you've been or what you've done you can take it to him you can be
honest you can be transparent and just as you are patient with others he's
going to be patient with you have a great week see you next time thank you
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