In my journey, I've struggled with patience for as long as I can remember. Patience towards injustice, abuse, sideways thinking and the mentalities behind sideways thinkers. Have you ever looked up the definition for patience? I did. Ouch!
Patience is defined as, the ability to wait something out or endure something tedious, without getting riled up.
My pastor once told us during his Sunday morning sermon that if our struggle is patience, then God might just walk you through situations that sharpen and shape your patience. I vowed to not ever pray for patience. Who was I to think that I could get something that monumentally important over on the King of Kings.
The stories I could share left me stretching my patience tank well past the empty line. Yes, I'm one of those ladies who stretches even her gas tank. Enough times of draining all my tanks from being "riled up" over things beyond my control, I was left with only one resolve . . .
Put your HOPE in God! Nothing catches him by surprise!
Where do we start?
Patience
Gemstone
First, I'd like to say that this website is for your own personal use. A source of encouragement! Every situation and circumstance is different. My hope is that in sharing my journey there are gemstones that you will take with you on your journey.
Don't take my experience as your own experience. I had a friend who called on me for advice in her situation. I offered her some insight about the process she was about to endure. Just knowing that you are not alone in the walk is all the validation that one may need to reach empowerment in the upcoming days. Let me say that again, YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
Our own journey, (the walk forward) is a process. One step at a time. One day at a time. And, sometimes, one minute at a time.
In my journey with the Lord, I've come to learn and accept that I am right where God needs me to be for that moment. No! God doesn't call you to a life of being abused. What I'm talking about in regards the growth process that helped stop the abuse from getting into my garden.
I tend to be my own worst critic and when I don't get it right the first time, I let myself have it internally for a long time. Forgiveness of myself and my choices has been a tough struggle for me. Especially, when I look at my choices through my children's eyes.
STOP beating yourself down! A lot of this that I will share with you didn't come overnight. It was practiced and practiced. Guess what? I'm still practicing these empowering techniques to this day. It's hard work, but it's time to take back what was stolen from me. My power!
A wise parenting coordinator said to me once, "It feels freeing......doesn't it?" (I will explain throughout the website the story behind those dots)