Love is patient...

C. S. Lewis once said...

"If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, 

the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world."

Ecclesiastes 3:11 says...

"Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. 
He has planted eternity in the human heart, 
but even then so, people cannot see the whole scope 
of God's work from beginning to end."

     It says here that God has placed eternity in the heart of every person. Meaning, that every person has the longing desire for something more than this day in and day out life. Have you ever found yourself in that place? The place of knowing that there must be something more after this earthly existence is over. I'm here to tell you... that longing desire did not just come out of thin air. It came from a Father who longs to have a relationship with you. Who longs to love on you. Who longs to show you the gracious depths of his heart.

     A while ago the Lord gave me this picture...

The moment that Jesus died, 

God turned His face away from His son, 

and at that very moment when the veil was torn, 

His presence burst forth in a full out sprint across time and space 

to invade and start knocking on the door of every heart He created, 

both present and future. 

He was once again able to be close to those He loves most 

and was not going to waste a single second. 

So he's still knocking... 

Itching and longing to be close and invited into the hearts of those He so dearly loves.

     The moment that Adam and Eve sinned, a wall had to be put in place, a veil that separated man and God's presence. The two were unable to be in perfect harmony. Man was now sinful, and God and sin can't coexist. From that moment, God's plan of redemption jumped into place. A plan to be reunited with His one true love, man.

     The other day as I was driving home, I was dwelling on God's love. He brought to my remembrance 1 Corinthians 13, the love chapter. I started to recite it in my head, "Love is patient, love is kind, love isn't jealous..." and so on. Then it occurred to me, why was "patient" the first description listed about love? I asked the Lord this question, and with the most sincere, sweet, tender, loving voice one can imagine I heard...

"Do you know how long I waited for you?"

    Tears ran down my face. The fact that the lover of my soul was so patient in waiting for the moment when he could be reunited with me because of Jesus' sacrifice. The moment that man sinned his plan for redemption was set into motion. He never gave up. He didn't look at the world and see a helpless mess. He looked at us and saw the beauty within. The potential within. Rest in the fact that your heavenly Father loves you so much that he waited for you. No length of time was too long for Him to wait. The joy set before Him was you. What a loving and patient Father we have.

Patience: "the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble or suffering without getting angry or upset."