While I was thinking and thinking and thinking about the problem last night, I remembered one thing.
haha! It's funny how God answered my question BEFORE I asked it.
I've heard the same/similar things 3 times in the past 3 days... Once from the book Down-to-earth Spirituality, once from an sermon on the web, then from the lectures...
From Down-to-earth Spirituality,
Maturity is not something that can be obtained through self-help books. high-powered seminars and consumer-orientated religion. It comes only in the long, thick experiences of life, seasoned by some of the hardest and most disappointing experiences, which if directed Godward, become the crucible for faith formation and true holiness.
From the sermon,
We are used to very fast paces in our lives, e.g. we cannot stand waiting for the computer for a little more time. This makes us impatient. We forget when God plants something, it takes time for it to grow, maybe 1cm/1mm per year. We need time to grow in God as well.
From the second lecture on Biblical poetry,
When we read poems in the Bible, we often see a repetition. This forces us to ponder on the problems for a longer period of time, these problems are usually things we don't want to face. When we get sick, we would just ask God to make us feel better, if we don't feel better, we start to question why God makes us suffer like this.
In other words, wait. Things doesn't happen quickly. And for God, even a period of one thousand years is just a very short time. Be patient. (Yeah, next time someone tells me what I'm going to teach is too difficult, I'm going to TRY to be patient...)
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