Waiting is NEVER easy

So as my friends and family know I am waiting to hear the official "yes" or "no" from YWAM (Youth With A Mission) in London about a missions training school that I recently applied for. I must say that I've been waiting for several weeks now and still haven't heard the news and in complete honesty, waiting for me is very difficult to do. In this time I'm trusting in God and His will and His timing (which I am reminded is so different than mine). I'm also in awe of how God in his infinate wisdom orchestrates our lives with precision and care. I believe that a life in true submission to God and His will IS led by God. When we are careful to wait and listen, not stepping ahead of God's timing or his leading, that leads to a truly "purposed of God" life.  I want to do as God wishes me to do, not as I wish to do. I know that the redemption of the mistakes and trials I've experienced are a beautiful tool for the use of God's Kingdom. But, I want to live a life in submission to the will and ultimate plan God purposed for me, even before I came to be.  In this time of waiting I imagine all that God is doing in both the spiritual and physical world in order that the purpose He has for my life will come about. My good friend Brooke reminded me of this and it has always helped me to be patient with a heart of gratitude and trust that my God who loves me is moving and working in ways my human brain couldn't begin to comprehend. I imagine things like; the people who will come into my life are not in the city/job/ church which will allow our paths to cross, the place I eventually will call home isn't in a place where the owners prior to me can move into, the church I will attend hasn't yet moved into the building where it will be in order that I might find it, the man who I will marry is still in a contract with a job half-way around the world....things that lead to all falling into place at the God appointed time.  I am amazed at my God who does this, and not just for me but for all people. So I will continue to wait on my God who has NEVER failed me and trust in what He is preparing in order that my life will be used for His glory!

Proverbs 3:5-6

Amplified Bible (AMP)

⁵Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding.
    ⁶In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths.