Patience

For years I sang a song for children about a snail called Herbert.

There was a snail called Herbert who was so very slow
He caused a lot of traffic jams wherever he did go
The ants were always getting mad, the beetles they would fume
But Herbert would just poke along and sing this little tune

HAVE PATIENCE, HAVE PATIENCE DON'T BE IN SUCH A HURRY
WHEN YOU GET IMPATIENT YOU ONLY START TO WORRY
REMEMBER, REMEMBER THAT GOD HAS PATIENCE TOO
THINK ABOUT THE THE THAT OTHERS HAVE TO WAIT FOR YOU

God has been speaking to my heart about patience. Right at this particular moment in time my life is in the hands of others. My natural reaction is to want immediate resolution. God is reminding me to wait upon him. "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up on wings as the eagle, They shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.". I am asking God to grant me a patient and peaceful heart - a heart to believe that everything is in his hands. "YEA THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEAT, I WILL FEAR NO EVIL, FOR THOU ART WTH ME."

Help me to learn the lesson of Herbert deep in my heart.