“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven”
~Ecclesiastes 3:1
I love God’s timing. His timing is always perfect. There are no mistakes in His plans. He knows exactly every detail of our lives. He knows when we need things at just their proper time.
Yet with that knowledge can come some disappointment on our end. We want that job promotion. We want that baby. We need that raise now. You get my point. But God does not let the thing work out the way we decided we wanted it to work out. Now why is that?
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I know this is true but it is so hard! I feel my life is permanently on hold some times. I feel like I'm stuck in third gear.
Hi there Angela,
I saw your comment over at Micca's blog and stopped by for the first time.
Oh, can I relate to this post! I am right there with you, girl. Rejections are NO fun, but either we trust God and His timing, or we don't.
I will be back to visit again.
Blessings!
Yes criticism and rejection are an important part of good living, but so hard to swallow. Rejection from a publisher is not discarding, but simply says your work doesn't line up with their vision, market needs today.
Yet, as a fellow writer it smarts. Since your heart, soul and time are invested in that body of work it can feel like they toss you!
Patience, resilence, fortitude, faithfulness, staying power all get forged in the heat of criticism, stall, not now, rejection, and "hold on" from Our Father.
I love blogging and I have to admit I may be using it to avoid "Thank you for this submission but at this time....." from another publisher.
Write beautiful woman of God, write.
I think the important thing is that you are being obedient to God. I know that it can be hard but we simply must obey Him. That means being subject to His will and His timing on everything.
I commend you on perservering too. After my first rejection, I packed up my book and it's been on the shelf since - waiting on a rainy day I guess. I don't think God told me to put it on the shelf but I do know that God is asking me to do something with it now! So, I'm going to try walking in the steps of obedience as it relates to this book once again and we will see what happens. But, back to the post, you are right - His timing is best. So, I just need to focus on that.
Great post. Timely even!!
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