March, 2025

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Greetings,

 

As I sit at my desk and write this, I am glancing at the temperature indicator in the corner of my computer. It is telling me that the temperature outside is 55 degrees. Looking out the window I can tell you it looks like that temperature. Gray and cloudy and damp. Definitely not a day you would think of at the end of May! But then it is Illinois. I’m sure if I wait just a little bit, have a little patience, the sun will come out and I will trade my sweatshirt for short sleeves soon enough.

    

Have a little patience! There’s a statement that gets said frequently. Also, a statement that gets ignored or laughed at frequently. We are often not patient people. We want what we want, and we want it now! Even the gray rainy day today and the weather last night which brought rain has caused some to be impatient today as field work and gardening is halted until it is dry enough to work the soil. But there is a flip side to that coin. The same rain that caused you a delay and is frustrating you gave someone else a chance to catch up on their sleep because they didn’t have to work today. They got a chance to connect with their family because they had time they needed.

 

It is so easy to get impatient when things don’t go according to our plans. Because we forget about God’s plans. And God’s plans are always better. So, this Summer when the weather changes your plans, or travel plans don’t work the way you thought they should, take a beat, take a breath, make a prayer and ask to see God’s plan. You just may be surprised at what you find.

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May this Summer be a blessed time of discovering God at work all around you!

 

In Christ,

Pastor Pat