Because I'm still working on this principle of having patience, this will be an incomplete post without much conclusion or confirmation from me that it works, but I think that's part of it. I think the point of having patience is to build our faith in Heavenly Father and His plan for us.
Basically, there are a lot of things I'm impatient about. I want a lot of answers right now, I want a lot of things to be over now, I want a lot of things to be here already, and the worst part is that they don't come and happen when I want it (which is right now, in case you didn't catch that).
One of my friends serving a mission right now told me in a recent email:
"I've been learning a lot about patience this week. We all have an abundance of challenges in our lives and we suppose that the solution should come now. Right now. President Monson said that in such circumstances, "the heavenly virtue of patience is required". Fussing over things never fixes them. The best fixer is Jesus Christ, and He comes in His own time."
I love his example to me, and another friend's who posted this link on Facebook today which I really loved. Go read it here! It had some great insights about patience; all of those great prophets we read about in the scriptures didn't get their prayers or wants answered right away. The majority had to wait 15 years or more for things to happen. Over 15 years!! In my problems right now, 15 years would seem like an eternity to wait for answers and solutions.
But I'm also slowly trying to focus my perspective on the part where earth life is but a small moment in my eternal progression, and the things I want fixed shouldn't need to feel so pressed for time, because some of them are eternal issues that don't need to be worried about not happening right now.... which probably doesn't make any sense to those who don't actually know what I'm dealing with, but basically I'm trying to get more comfortable with the idea of not rushing Heavenly Father because he's going to take His time anyway.
I don't know how the future will turn out. I don't know when my problems will be fixed, or my questions answered, but there must be something God is trying to teach or prepare me for, so I've just got to do my best to build my faith, and have that faith that He will make things alright for me, that things will work out better than I could even ask for or imagine.
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