Comments on: Patience is Bitter, but the Fruit is Sweet.

By: Mary Anthony Nolan

Mary Anthony Nolan — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:56:41 +0000

I love your heart, Megan. Thank you for the reminder to wait upon the Lord and for your honesty…both here and in our friendship. I love you!

By: Mary Ann Jeschor

Mary Ann Jeschor — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:47:24 +0000

Thanks Megan…I am Kacy Fabie’s Mom in Arizona. I too struggle with patience and am thankful that God has never given up on me. I keep remembering In His Perfect Timing and His Perfect Plan.
Every time I get in the express line at any check out counter the line seems to stop. I warn people that get behind me that when I am in line, express turns into a patience building experience…when they ask why??? I simply say, God is still trying to teach me patience and I don’t seem to have the hang of it yet. I believe God is using my weakness to witness! Amazing how He works! Bless you for your witness too!

By: Linda Valley

Linda Valley — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:17:30 +0000

Megan, stay in his presence, that’s where you will begin to see things that God wants you to see. Wait quietly and the answer will come. The most exciting thing about prayer is the impact it has on the human spirit. God loves you very much, and he enjoys your worship. You become like sweet smelling incense before him, he will continue to perfect you everyday. I will leave you with a prayer. Heavenly Father, I thank you for the privilege and opportunity to fellowship with you in prayer, and make my request known unto you. I will rejoice at your word that lets me know that your ears are attentive to my request, and that it’s your good pleasure to grant my heart’s desires. Thank you for this wonderful blessing and privilege, in Jesus’ Name. Amen. Megan he hears you. God bless you.

By: alan scott

alan scott — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:16:24 +0000

Patience is a fruit of the Spirit… bitter and sweet. Bitter because I always want it now. Sweet because in God’s economy the process of growing the fruit is, in reality, the actual fruit.
Thanks Megan for pushing me to slow a bit this morning… think, reflect, and see how the process is going.

By: bill

bill — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:50:08 +0000

Thanks Megan. Raising children will show you whether you have patience, and they will teach it to you if you’re willing. What if God were impatient with His children? What if he gave us stuff just to make us shut up, or whacked us when we were being “a child” ? What if He was having a bad day and yelled at us – could we stand His thunder? Standing on this side of raising kids, I regret impatience more than anything, and I thank God deeply for the times I did listen to Him and waited, even when people said we were fools.

By: penny

penny — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:49:15 +0000

Megan thank you for serving. I too have been encouraged and challenged as I speak words of life to a friend. God then convicts and reminds me of the same or similar things in my life. Patirnce in prayer is a life long learning thing. I agree that God uses that time of waiting to align my heart with God’s heart.

By: Frank Sullivan

Frank Sullivan — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:37:40 +0000

This is why I love my wife so much. God has given her such wisdom and a heart that breaks for others. Thank you Megan for this reminder that prayer and waiting (and not acting) can be the best next step.