January 2014
Vol.1, Issue 6
For This Day
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Phil 4:6-7
Our days are filled with conflicting moments, changes, agendas, and events. When we react to each, is God glorified? “End of Construction. Thank you for your patience” is a unique perspective on how to look at each moment. Ginger Pelletier shares her thoughts concerning this concept in her life.
When the car is void of chattering children, I tune in to my favorite talk radio station and am hopeful to catch a sermon from a familiar voice. It was in the car that I heard the Pastor on the radio say something like this: “As I drove through a construction zone recently, the sign at the end caught my attention: “End of Construction, Thank You for Your Patience”. I’d like that to be on my tombstone.”
Driving through a construction zone is more often than not a test of anyone’s sanity. Isn’t it the same with our time on this earth? We are all on a sanctification journey and we’ll be on this journey until we meet Jesus. Being sanctified is as much a test to my sanity as it is to be the ones that have to put up with me! There are days that I’d love to tell my husband, my friends, and even my children that the Lord is once again working selfishness out of me. It’s a painful parting…can you serve me up a big ole heap of grace today? It’s easy for me to recognize the need for grace and mercy in my own life. I expect those inconvenienced by my sanctification journey to meet me with understanding and sympathy. But how quickly am I to recognize the Lord’s loving hands bearing down on my husband and children?