IF YOU'RE TIRED OF WAITING THIS POST IS FOR YOU

Waiting can be hard. Preparing makes it easier, less stressful & even fun.

1.  It’s like the excited parents buying baby clothes while waiting for the due date of the baby.
2.  Or the anxious applicant reviewing his resume while waiting for his turn to be interviewed
3. Or the loving mother preparing the table for her family as she waits for the cake to be done

Preparation makes the waiting a blessing.

Christians are also called to wait for "the coming of the day of God” (2 Peter 3:12). We are called to PREPARE. How?

By remaining PURE. That’s what St. Peter says in verse 14. That we need to "be eager to be found without spot or blemish before him” (2 Peter 3:14).

Me? Remain PURE? That’s gonna be a struggle. Agree. Aren’t we all are weak? There are times when I go to confession but in a few hours I commit the same sin again. But that’s not a valid reason for me to quit. That’s not a valid reason for you to say “I’m doomed”. We cannot quit because we are weak.

Because God is patient with us. Verse 15 says that we should "consider the PATIENCE of our Lord as salvation” (2 Peter 3:15)

Don’t let your weakness bring you down. Don’t underestimate God’s PATIENCE with you.

Remember, Peter was impulsive. He denied Jesus 3 times. Yet God appoints him to lead His Church. Paul persecuted His Church but Jesus appoints him to preach His Word to everyone. The bible is filled with “weaklings” but God used them. Because God’s patience never ends. It’s key to our salvation. It should move us to repentance.

St. Paul confirms what St. Peter says about God’s PATIENCE

"Or do you hold his priceless kindness, forbearance, and PATIENCE in low esteem, unaware that the kindness of God would lead you to repentance?” - Romans 2:4

Peter proclaims this, Paul predicates it.

So be eager while waiting. Be joyful for his coming. God will replace all the bad things in this world with new, better things. The day is coming when “the heavens will be dissolved in flames & the elements melted by fire. But according to his promise we await new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells” (2 Peter 3:12-13)

Be PREPARED, be PURE & hold on to God’s PATIENCE.

Have a blessed Tuesday! - alvinfabella@yahoo.com

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