9:30 a.m.
Today I was making some coffee and as I was boiling the water I put salt in it to lower the boiling point so that it [the water] would boil faster. Yep I was using some chemistry! Any way, I put quite a bit of salt in my water because I was in such a rush to drink my coffee. I could just see myself drinking a good cup of Joe while reading my bible [devotion] and talking to God. As I prepared my coffee I made a concoction with honey, cinnamon, sugar, coffee, and milk. Then I poured my now hot-water, took a sip, and got this awful salty taste. I thought it was from the amount of cinnamon I had used. I poured out that cup and poured me another cup with fewer ingredients, and to my chagrin I got the same taste. Then it hit me! Ah ha! It was all that salt I had put in the water because I wanted to rush the boiling process. Immediately, my [pneuma] spirit spoke and said, “See that’s what happens when you rush.” You would say it was just common sense, I say it was the spirit because of the word that followed. My [pneuma] spirit went on to say, “In life when you rush things like relationships, because of the eager longing of a sweet/savoring feeling of love or any gooshy feeling for that matter, you end up with the product all bitter; only because you would not be patient enough to wait for the product to get fully developed.”
The bible bears witness to this in the book of James stating, “Let patience have her perfect work so that you may be complete, and lacking nothing.” Can you recount how many times you weren’t patient enough and then saw because of your impatience you lost the thing/person you rushed? I believe truly in my [pneuma] spirit that God in these tribal days that we are to start being more patient with Him, His word, and His doings. So many times we expect God to pop-up when it’s convenient for us but I found He doesn’t operate like that. So today lets make a vow to be more patient and see the Lord bring His promises through, whether they be in relation to a mate, job, schooling etc. Its funny because many times we miss the turn God wanted us to turn on and then when we end up lost, or disappointed we think God did us wrong or gave bad directions, but it was only because we wouldn’t be still long enough to listen or wait for the coffee water to boil. Well I’m now starting over with a new/cleaned pot of water (which in some ways can translate to forgiveness, but we’ll talk about that later). This time I plan to wait. What do you think?
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4 comments:
First off, you're amazing! I wish I would have had more time to spend with you and know you better. God has blessed you with a wonderful talent and obviously for a reason: to spread your knowledge to others. I know you will do amazing thing with your future and impact many people!
-Amber Thornburg
I absolutely agree. Patience is certainly a virtue and relationships are no exception. Believe it or nothing rushing is something I've been struggling with for a long time in my relationship but luckily within the last few months my boyfriend and I vowed to make some changes in our relationship that pertain to patience. Your testimony further confirms that we are doing the right thing. So thanks Jonie and keep it coming!
this is a very true and interesting blog. the funny thing about it is that you taught a valuable lesson using coffee, boiling water and salt. you taught alot about patience which i have a big problem with and with this blog i see patience as something not irritable but helpful. thanks for your strong words and GOD BLESS!!
“In life when you rush things like relationships, because of the eager longing of a sweet/savoring feeling of love or any gooshy feeling for that matter, you end up with the product all bitter; only because you would not be patient enough to wait for the product to get fully developed.”
^^^
word! (no 5 percent)
this was great family, great.
keep spreading the war man!
i'm officially putting your link on my blog!
lol.
no seriously.
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