Timing Is Everything

I sometimes feel the speed of society with everything seemingly traveling down the instant gratification path has made me expect the same in seeking answers to my prayers.  

I am going to take life slower because, A- nobody is getting off this earth alive and a forever afterlife is beyond human conception, and B- speeding up everything makes miss some of the simple joys of life like sunsets and watching the snow fall.

Waiting is not my strong point.  Over the past few years I have been taught the power of patience and still struggle with waiting on the answers to prayers.  I listened to a Rick Warren sermon on waiting three times because I knew in my heart that I needed that reminder.

I am guilty of not remembering the prayers that were answered because I am focused on the next answer.  

When I pray for something or someone, initially it is a planted seed and continued prayers are the nurturing of that prayer until it's time for the harvest (answer).