Okay, I know you guys can relate. Sometimes I have a tendency to be just a little impatient. That being said, let me tell you a story.
The other day my husband was visiting his mother at her shop in Lamar. While he was there, this lady drives by. A lot of you know her, but since I don't have her express permission to blog about her business we will dub her "Singer". So Singer drives on by.
Now Singer knows my mother-in-law as they have done some business together in the past and have become acquainted.
Singer had planned on stopping by my mom-in-law's shop the following day, but as she was driving by said she felt the Holy Spirit tell her to stop right then. She ignored it for a few more seconds, but as she became more and more convicted, she decided to turn around and go back, not having any idea why (I didn't find out all of these details until I spoke with my mom-in-law a few days later).
So Singer comes in, and is introduced to my husband. My mom-in-law tells her that this is Jacob, married to Spring (apparently we know several of the same folks, because she has heard my name some, although we have never met). She begins to talk to Jacob about music as she has heard that I sing some, and that's how the conversation goes. She tells Jacob about this class in Little Rock that teaches the basics on ProTools recording equipment and tells him we should go. She gives him her email address and I guess that was about the end of it. So no major prophetic words or anything, just information about a class.
So much to my surprise, Jacob really wanted to go. I didn't think he would, but he did, and he wanted me to go with him.
I wasn't crazy about the idea, and tryed to wriggle out of it for a while. The baby wasn't feeling well, I had to rearrange my whole work schedule for the day, we wouldn't get back until 10:00p.m., blah, blah, blah. I finally agreed to go the next day, and made the arrangements.
So the morning of our trip, it hit me. "Wait a minute...... if God told Singer to turn around in her tracks to come and tell Jacob about this class, and Jacob for whatever mysterious reason has decided he wants to go, then maybe God is planning a major move!" So I got really excited. I started letting my thoughts run wild with all the awesome things God might do that day. I was expecting to see fireworks for sure!
So all day I waited and watched. We had a great day. We were actually getting to spend some one on one time together which hasn't happened in a long while. We had some extra time to kill, so we had coffee at the River Market, went to the art museum, just enjoyed each other. Still waiting and watching............
We went to the class, most of which was completely foreign to me. Jacob seemed to get it though, and was really glad we went. He is really excited about setting up our recording studio, and can't wait to get started.
But..........no fireworks.
So what was all of that about?! I don't get it. I wasn't really disappointed or anything, I trust God and his timing, but I was just sure something great would happen.
This morning, as I watched my 5:00 a.m. televangelist t.v., I heard something that made sense. T.D. Jakes said that we, as a nation, expect everything to come so quickly. We want everything fast and convenient, and we don't ever want to wait for anything, even if it's better than the drive-thru version. But God doesn't usually move like that. He moves over time, sometimes months, years, and sometimes over generations. We think that just because we don't see instant results, that God isn't moving, but that's just not so. Be patient!
There's that word, patient. I am trying.
So anyway, I am still really excited to see how God is moving in Jacob's life. I have a feeling that years from now I might be able to look back at the time Singer stopped by and gave Jacob some information that started a transformation in his life, and give God all the praise!
