Just be patient!

How many times has someone told you that God never gives you more than you can handle? I bet more times than you can count right!  But no one acknowledges that he will push you to the very boundaries of your endurance. One of the most difficult aspects of this is that only God knows where that boundary is.

When you've fallen off the spiritual wagon, it's difficult to have faith that God will not allow the boundaries to break. Like levies during a flood. You feel overwhelmed, lost, and abandoned. You may even become convinced that there is no end in sight. No light at the end of the tunnel. It is the intensity of these feelings that usually cause people to take action.

You go out and get a loan you can't afford to repay, thinking you'll use it to pay off your bills and that will free up the necessary cash. But something comes up, and you use the money in ways other than intended. Or you use it for other things because you lose sight of why you got it in the first place. This decision causes your situation to get worse.

At this point God is probably smacking his holy head thinking, “I had this all worked out and you screwed it up! All you had to do was have a little faith!”

My scenario would be more like this: I’m in the 10 foot deep end of the swimming pool, drowning.  God shakes his head and wonders “Geez! Why are you in the deep end when you know you can’t swim?”  He points to one of the angels and says “Go get her. Put her in the baby pool till I get this problem worked out!” So I’d sit in the baby pool coughing and gagging, and trying not to look mortified.

The point is this, sometimes God doesn’t need your help to get things done. He’ll let you know when he needs you to do something. In the meantime, give whatever it is that’s weighing heavy on your heart and mind to him.  He’s on top of things even when you think he isn’t!

As children bring their broken toys in tears for us to mend,

 I brought my broken dreams to God, Because he is my friend. 

But then instead of leaving him to do his work alone,

I hung around and tried to help in ways that were my own.

At last I snatched them back and cried,"How could you be so slow?"

"My child", he said, "What could I do, you never did let go." --Anonymous