Failing or Fruit-Bearing?
"Often when we pray for the graces of the Spirit, God works to answer our prayers by placing us in circumstances to develop these fruits; but we do not understand His purpose, and wonder, and are dismayed. Yet none can develop these graces except through the process of growth and fruit bearing. Our part is to receive God's word and to hold it fast, yielding ourselves fully to its control, and its purpose in us will be accomplished."
- Christ's Object Lessons, p. 21
Couldn't have said it any better myself, Ellen. I think I'd prefer insta-fruit, but apparently it doesn't work that way. Lord, give me patience for the process. Pretty sure You have a lot more patience than I do.
- Christ's Object Lessons, p. 21
Couldn't have said it any better myself, Ellen. I think I'd prefer insta-fruit, but apparently it doesn't work that way. Lord, give me patience for the process. Pretty sure You have a lot more patience than I do.
So true. Oy, give me patience to let life happen in it's own time.
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