Timing

     Tonight I was having a conversation with one my band members in my RA's room. We were talking about our girlfriends and how we both need to be working on patience. We conversed about how we need to use the fruits of the Spirit to show love in areas that we need to work on that we have a hard time showing love through. We both share patience as a common ground with something that we have a hard time showing love through. As we sat on the bed talking about all of this, we both asked the other to pray for his need of patience. He then asked me if I wanted to pray right now. The room was full of other dudes playing mario and was no peaceful place to share a prayer. But, pushing aside the current setting we were in, we decided to pray about it. He prayed first and then I closed the prayer after him.

     In his portion of the prayer, he asked God to present both of us with opportunities to show patience and to learn to have patience through these opportunities. Literally tonight, no longer than an hour after that prayer, I was given an opportunity when listening to a friend reconcile with me. This was the first time in a very long time that The Lord answered one of my prayers almost immediately after it was asked. I was expecting something to come up in the next day or sometime this week or even next week, but no, I was given an opportunity tonight. I am so thankful for the God that I love and serve.