God's timing, God's refining
Waiting. No one likes it. I don't care how patient you are, waiting is a pain. As Christians, we are to wait on God. We also wait for God. We wait for Him to answer prayer and not take matters into our own hands (hopefully!). We wait for Him to reveal truth to us about a situation, to give us His wisdom because we simply don't know the truth as He does. I have been waiting on God for about ten years now to answer a very vital prayer in my life. He has yet to budge. Oh maybe a tad, but not completely in the way I expect Him to. "You get what you expect." No, you don't. You can "claim" Scripture, believe in "manifesting" answers for yourself, but the truth is, when God is not doing something that only He can do, it ain't happening. Now most would say I have a very strong faith. And I do. But when my unanswered prayers cause me pain, disappointment, and heartache, it's like a hammer and chisel taking a chink out of my faith. T