Waiting Patiently
I wasn’t going to bother planting tomatoes in pots this year. Why go to all the bother when I can simply go to the supermarket and buy them already made? However, my taste buds sent subliminal messages to my brain that they will not taste anywhere near as good as your homegrown ones. Come September you will be sorry. But then a friend had a few seedlings left over from her own planting and offered to come and put them in the pots them for me. So now I just wait patiently for them to ripen up, red and juicy and mouth-watering in all their gastronomical splendor. In this age of instant gratification when, with just the click of mouse, information is immediately available, we have not learned the value of patience. Everything worth having is worth waiting for. Education, relationships, and healing all take time. It takes time for fruit to develop and reach maturity. That’s the way God’s world is set up. If we try to rush things the results will not be the same. As the old proverb goes, “Patience is a virtue, and the fruits are sweet.” The tomatoes will ripen in God’s own good time, and they will be worth the wait.
gracedeacon@gwi.net
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