2 Peter 3:8-9

But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

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I've frequently been wondering when I'll ever be seeing God's promises, recently. Sometimes it seems that time has been dragging for soooo long and there are things I want, things I want to change...but I haven't gotten the things I want or seen the changes. Where are your promises in my life, God?

But here I am being a petulant child, not seeing what He's already done and being impatient for the things God has already set aside for me. "You PROOOOMIIIISED..." ::whine whine:: ::STOMP STOMP::

God has the power to give me what I want, but He wants to give me something better. If I just got what I wanted right away, I think the likelihood of me coming to repentance and striving to be a better person would diminish. He does not want me to perish.

God waited 20 years for me to become Christian...and 4 more years for me to get this point (still imperfect). And He'll wait even more for me to be only SLIGHTLY better than I am now.... God is still infinitely patient with me.

He has already given me Christ. And He will not only continue to give me what's best, but He will also give to me at the MOST perfectEST time.

Why? Because He promised.

Ezekiel 6:9

Then those of you who escape will remember Me among the nations to which they will be carried captive, how I have been hurt by their adulterous hearts which turned away from Me, and by their eyes which played the harlot after their idols...

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How is it possible that God can be hurt by us? That's almost like me being hurt because ants would rather go after food than worship me. Ridiculous, right? Even if they start harvesting my food, I wouldn't be hurt. My reaction would be more of: "grooooosss" upon my discovery of them, squirting them with Formula 409 ("ew, ew, ew...please die. ugh. why are there so many of you?"), wiping them away with a paper towel ("stupid ants"), and then throwing them away ("HA! I am WINNER!"). I wouldn't be hurt...I wouldn't even be angry! They're just not worth that much of my thoughts or heart. Not worth the trouble to care. I would just be slightly annoyed that they invaded my space and then forget about them once I've gotten rid of them.

But God...the all-powerful Creator of heaven and earth; the everlasting, *always* living GOD....is hurt by our insignificant (comparatively speaking) ant-like selves. We hurt his Father-heart when we go after things that is so much less valuable and worthy of our time, effort, thoughts, heart.


GOD gets hurt by us. Isn't that so strange?
Very often I feel like the I'm the one getting hurt by His high expectations...(sinner that I am).