Throughout the Bible, we constantly read about "waiting." Wait patiently for the Lord. Those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. Though the vision tarry, wait for it. God never tells us in His Word to hurry. Matter of fact, one verse even goes so far as to say that those who make haste commits sin. Getting in a hurry shows a lack of faith.

This principle has proven itself to be true many times over in my own life. I get a little direction from God and immediately set out to "do," and it ends up in a wreck, and I wonder why? Why, when I was only doing what I thought God told me to do, did it end up so bad? Simple. God doesn't give us information so we can immediately set out to do it on our own. And - get a grip - sometimes I only "hear" what I want to hear, and set out doing what it is I wanted to do in the first place - expecting God to bless it, and then getting mad at Him when He doesn't!

Waiting is extra hard when it comes to something that we really want. Like a career move, a home, a mate... or a horse. Last year I knew it was time to start looking for another horse to begin training to do concerts on. I tell you, I got addicted to looking at horses on the internet! I just couldn't wait. My husband, and even my kids, would remind me, "Mom, you know you need to just wait and let God bring you the horse you're supposed to have." There's that ugly word again! I didn't want to wait on God - He works slower than I prefer.

Well, to not write an ongoing novel, I ended up with 2 horses a few months apart. One that I chose, and another one that just came to me - actually in spite of myself. It's amazing what happened next. When the latter horse came along, a nationally known trainer offered to train him for me absolutely free! This is a dream come true. I have NEVER owned a horse that has had the excellence of training that this one will have! Next, a saddle maker stopped my husband and I at a Horse Fair and offered to build a reining saddle specifically for me at cost! (This man had no idea that I needed it like I did) The very next thing that happened was a trailer came to us, which is exactly what we needed with no debt load! (Some of you may have seen the little "red neck express" trailer we've been pulling. It looked like an ugly wart on a hippo's rear behind our bus!) It has floored us the things that have come connected with the one horse!

The other horse is gorgeous, but may have wobbles caused by something that doesn't form right in their vertebra that makes them, well... wobble. That's not to say that God won't heal him, but the raw facts are that God doesn't have to bless what He didn't ordain! Does this mean that everything in life that is of God comes without a struggle? No! But it is a fact of God, that when we move out ahead of Him we suffer the consequences of that move! I was married once before. I thought I was doing the right thing, but then again, it was my decision - I didn't wait on God. The marriage didn't just have "wobbles" - it was more like a severe case of colic! But later as I matured in the Lord, I set myself to wait for Him to bring to me that which was ordained of God instead of going out and "looking." I met Ray and we were married within 2 months. It was God all the way. Is it without its struggles? No... but it's still a little slice of heaven. The difference is phenomenal! Waiting: it's a hard thing to do but it sure bears good fruit. It was a wise man who said, "The only thing harder than waiting on God is wishing you had!"