Living Stones

Coming to Him, a living stone- rejected by men but chosen by God- you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house for a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it is contained in scripture: 'Look! I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and honoured cornerstone, and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame! 1 Peter 2:4-6

From one who has suffered reject most of her life, I look at Jesus, the King of kings and Lord of lords, God almighty who came to those He loved and they rejected Him. He has comforted me through the darkest of times and brought me through to the light. What He establishes is established and no demon in hell can move it, nor the strength of man. What God calls good, is good.

I must trust Him to build me into His wall and not run out of past experience, nor fear of what is to come. When I rest and allow a him to build me, He does a very good job. We can be so impatient and throw away the beginnings of something godly and good, all because we cannot see it. The Lord's hand is upon me to be still, to wait, to rest and be renewed. 

I planted a whole lot of coriander seeds in spring and watered them, when they began to grow, being anxious I separated them too soon and all but one died. I have almost thrown away plants because they look to ill to survive, but something makes me persevere and now I have a beautiful bush.

This beautiful bush nearly went in the bin, I am grateful I persevered.

Impatience causes us to cast aside that which we must keep. Don't be impatient, persevere and see what was intended all along.

Tonight I went to my connect group Christmas party, we had such fun. There have been many difficult moments but hanging in there has produced good fruit. We miss out on such good friendships all because we don't wait long enough for the mist to clear from our eyes. Be patient, wait for God!