"PLEASE BE PATIENT AS REPAIRS ARE BEING MADE."
The hallway where the sign hangs is torn up a bit, not very appealing to the eye. The sign has been there for awhile now as repairs take some time.
To make something more beautiful, to repair something that has been broken requires time, a season of disarray. Things often have to get worse and torn up before they can get better. It's not a pretty thing at the moment but in the end it will be better, more beautiful. It requires patience and vision of what will be in the end.
The same is the TRUTH for our lives. Perhaps we should all be wearing signs around us that say,
"Please be patient as repairs are being made."
Why can we be more patient, at times, with building projects than with each other- precious human souls?
God is at work in each one of us, seeking to do some major repairs with a glorious end in view. He is making us like his Son, if we are willing. In order to get there, however, things and ways about us need to be exposed and then repaired.
REPAIR- to restore to sound condition after damage or injury; fix. To set right; remedy; To renew; refresh.
If you find yourself in that "ugly", waiting time requiring endurance until you become refreshed, renewed, restored to sound condition and beautiful, may you hold on to the hope that repairs are indeed being made. You will not be in this condition forever. "There is a time for every season under heaven.....a time to tear down and a time to build"...Ecc. 3:1. Hang in there, increased beatuy is coming IF you allow the repairs to be made.
If you find yourself around many people who are in the process of being repaired (which is all of us), may you display GREAT PATIENCE. May you be like the One who gave up his life for us:
"Here is a trustworthy saying that DESERVES FULL ACCEPTANCE: Christ Jesus came into the world to SAVE SINNERS( to repair the broken)- of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his UNLIMITED PATIENCE ("LONG-SUFFERING") as an example for those who would believe on him and receive eternal life. Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the ONLY GOD, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen." 1 Timothy 1:15-17
Blessings from Bombadil. Kristy Joy Link
