You’ve got to be patient, Mr Dryden. These things take time. Those words are not ones that I would have heard mentioned to my Dad. Chiefly because my Dad was not rushing any process he was in. He was in a position in life where he knew things would not always turn around immediately. He […]
Read More Dryden Update: Fruit Will Come – Being PatientNobody told me that the road would be easy, I don’t believe He brought me this far to leave me. (James Cleveland) In my childhood days I heard a gospel group’s recording of this song and the lead singer had a great vocal howl and screech. They would repeat that last line and I can […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: For the Trouble Ahead and the Joy BeyondRejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer Romans 12:12 Wowsers. That’s quite the hattrick of qualities to consider in the life of the believer. It’s worth consdering how these three offer insight into how perspective and prayer are useful in problematic times. Following Jesus is not about being perpetually cheerful. There’s no requirement […]
Read More The Marks: 06 Perspective, Problems and PrayerFollow One Course Until Success (Part 4 of the FOCUS series. Part 1 can be read here. Part 2 can be read here. Part 3 can be read here.) Tasks are time measured. Set at one point to be completed at a future point with an interim period that outlines the journey. That interim period […]
Read More UntilAll good things comes to those who waits. That’s what the saying states. It seems like something said by someone who clearly was not in a hurry. It seems like it was something said by someone who didn’t appreciate the importance of immediacy. It seems like it was something said by someone who does not […]
Read More Patience in RelationshipsAt this time you have not been successful with the application. Don’t worry, your time will come. You have not passed. You will have to retake the test. Don’t worry, your time will come. Others may not believe. Others may lost hope. Others might say give up. Others might say it’s not worth it. But […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Your Time Will ComeIt is not glamorous to march together. There’s marching through unpleasant circumstances. No one is looking on admiringly. No one is applauding. It’s just the crew in marching through. There’s marching through opposition. Efforts by individuals and groups to disturb and distract the movement. There’s marching through setbacks and defeats. Not every march is about […]
Read More March ThroughSome are waiting. Some people are waiting for it. Waiting for it in a way that gives the impression that in time, it will happen. Others are ready. There is no ideal time, there are no perfect circumstances. There is just a willingness and and openness. The acknowledgement that asking is done in search and […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Ready to ThriveYou know what’s annoying? It’s being told that someone is waiting for you and turning up only to discover that the person apparently waiting for you is clearly not ready for you. One of the first parables of Jesus that I remember really sinking in my head is the one about the ten virgins. Now […]
Read More Are You Really Ready?There’s something that goes on with our thinking. We will keep going with something if we see the point in it and that point is far greater than anything that we go through to get there. Often, however, there are a number of issues that crop up that makes the point of persevering very hard […]
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