I was at a friend’s house a couple weeks ago and something simple but   profound happened that I just can’t get out of my head. God showed me something through her five year old son that I want to share with you [the world] today. May you be as encouraged as I was. You see, my friend’s little boy was “making ice cubes” that day. While his mom and I talked, he would run into the kitchen every five minutes or so and say to his mom, “Can I check and see if they ‘are ice’ yet?” She would respond with a happy tone of voice and smile, “Sure, baby, you can check and see.” So he would gleefully open the freezer door in great anticipation to check on his ice cubes only to find that there were no ice cubes to be found! Again and again they were not yet frozen. By about the third go round, in his disappointment, he gasped out a big sigh and said with all boldness, “What’s wrong?!” His mom chuckled at his cuteness and she responded, “Nothing’s wrong. You just need to give it more time, that’s all. It will happen.” Immediately, the word picture popped into my head: Isn’t that a great life lesson for all of us – we just need to be patient and give things more time and they will happen! Just because things may be taking time, longer than we want them to, it doesn’t mean anything is wrong! We just need to give it some more time. What are you eagerly waiting in anticipation for? What is it that you are excited about that you want to see happen? Are you feeling like just giving a big sigh? Are your emotions crying out, “What’s wrong?!” Be encouraged today by the truth of God’s Word that tells us that He makes all things beautiful in His time (Ecclesiastes 3:11). Be patient! Nothing’s wrong! It will happen!

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