Contentment Comes With Patience and Gratitude

Bible Verse: "Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD".(Psalms 27:14 K.J.V)

Once there was a small kid living on earth. She loved apples but rarely got them. One fine day, she came to know that God in person was distributing apples to humans in his place in heaven. She was eager to get one of the promised apples so she traveled and joined the long queue in heaven waiting to get apples from God.

When her turn came, God gave her a big apple. Unfortunately, her tiny hands could not hold it well. It fell down as she walked and got wasted in mud. She was very disappointed but decided to wait in line for another precious apple. The line was now much longer but she patiently waited for that satisfaction of eating an apple given straight from God's own hands. She knew the sweetness of such an apple would be sublime.

When her next turn came, God said,"My dear child, last time I noticed that the apple I had given you was rotten. That’s why I made it fall from your hands.To make up for it, I wanted to give you the best apple in the farm. At that time it was growing and that’s why I made you wait such a long time in the queue. Here it is. Now the apple that you have in hand is to date the best apple in the farm. Enjoy."

Sometimes things go wrong, but God has something great reserved for us, so let us give thanks as we patiently wait for his right timing.

"If the Lord Jehovah makes us wait, let us do so with our whole hearts; for blessed are all they that wait for Him. He is worth waiting for. The waiting itself is beneficial to us: it tries faith, exercises patience, trains submission, and endears the blessing when it comes. The Lord’s people have always been a waiting people" Charles Spurgeon