Trying to Wait Patiently

Posted on by Lou

Our check engine light came on the car last week when I was bee bopping around town with the other ladies from our group. I took a picture and sent it to T with a FYI thinking it would be a simple fix. A local dealer was able to fit us in the next morning to take a look at it and T and I were thinking we would have the car back the same day. Wrong! Communication with this particular dealer has not been what we have experienced before. It has been very one sided, which is frustrating and doesn’t necessarily bring out my best self. To make a long story short we are supposed to be leaving the area tomorrow morning and our car is still waiting on parts. T and I have both gone down the thought process road of why couldn’t this have happened earlier in our stay here so we would have had more time? A question that can’t be answered BUT God. I can be an impatient person especially with situations and things so in mysterious ways I feel God is teaching both T and I to have more patience and wait. He has this situation in the palm of His hands just like any other. Do we fully trust and believe in the small and the big things? It truly goes back to one of my favourite scripture verses Proverbs 3: 5-8

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart
    and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways submit to him,
    and he will make your paths straight.[a]

7 Do not be wise in your own eyes;
    fear the Lord and shun evil.
8 This will bring health to your body
    and nourishment to your bones.

I have to trust with all my heart that God has this and there is a reason for the slight delay. If I try and understand the whys and buts I will make myself go crazy. T and I can try and fix this ourselves without leaning into and trusting God, but won’t have the peace I know will come from letting go and letting God. I can be angry, frustrated but what will that do? It won’t make the parts come in any sooner. Also in this scenario my health suffers because I am not sleeping well, worried about travel times and weather etc. Can you tell I have been there already? The Lent devotional book some friends gifted us with a few years ago has been putting a magnifying lens on areas of my life that needed some attention. One of them is lack of faith so I am finding this situation is ironic. God surely has a sense of humour and is looking down once again shaking his head, but smiling as He lovingly reminds and corrects.

Have any of you been going through a Lent study/ devotion? I would love to hear what you are learning. On another note this blog has been spammed pretty intensely the last week with comments. Over 200 that were just gibberish and I believe with the intent to be annoying, which they were. I have had to make some changes, where for now no one can comment on this blog, but I hope you will still read, follow along and reach out through other avenues.

I realise I didn’t put any pictures on my last post so I will try and make up for that now..enjoy friends. -Lou

Two of the crosses of the crucifixion on the camp. This is what guests pass by on the Christmas Train held every year.
One of the Christmas Trains. We did get to have a little ride when the staff were doing maintenance.
First week the ladies and I went to a local tea room with some of the camp staff
Us ladies did much needed deep cleaning to prepare the camp for their guests and Summer season.
We also helped prepare the camps facilities for groups coming in
Lots of window washing and cleaning. The ladies did an awesome job.
We also steamed some tablecloths for an upcoming wedding event.
The guys worked on camp renovating in the camp kitchen
Also preparing a space in a donated caboose.
We played some games outside on the nice days.
We also introduced our group to the movie RV.
Met T’s second cousin for lunch
Got to walk the beach..finally. I missed it
I had a lesson on how to eat Crawdaddies/fish with another lady in our group. Surprisingly they are good, but not sure about all the work to eat them. Southerners seem to have that down to an art and can disassemble and eat without even looking.
We ate some really good authentic fish and chips in Kemah.
It was a drizzly day at first but it was nice to sit and watch the pelicans and listen to the water.
T enjoying the hazy views of the bay at Kemah
Some dressed up pelicans in Seebrook. This is Oscar The Preacher
There’s a whole map dedicated to the pelicans and their location. It was fun to seek and find a lot of them. We didn’t know there was a map at the time. This is Lonestar.
Copper helping me put stuff away to move.
pray..thank you