{"id":3436,"date":"2024-08-30T05:39:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T05:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=3436"},"modified":"2024-08-25T23:51:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T23:51:50","slug":"becoming-better-not-bitter-day-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/becoming-better-not-bitter-day-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Becoming Better not Bitter \u2013 Day 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Friday, August 30<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Becoming Better not Bitter \u2013 Day 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. <\/em><strong>James 1:4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every trial is an opportunity to move closer to God or further from Him. God\u2019s Word in Galatians 6:9 says &#8220;<em>So let\u2019s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don\u2019t give up<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Patience has a reward. When we persevere in doing good and remain patient in our faith, God promises that we will reap a harvest of blessings in due time. This harvest might not come immediately, but it will come according to God&#8217;s perfect timing. The key is to not grow weary or give up, but to keep trusting in God&#8217;s faithfulness.<\/p>\n<p>Bitterness is tempting during trails, but if we endure with joy there is a great reward waiting for us in the end. Galatians 6:9 promises that at the right time, we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don\u2019t give up. This harvest may come in different forms\u2014spiritual growth, restored relationships, answered prayers, or even blessings we didn\u2019t anticipate. The key is to trust in God\u2019s perfect timing.<\/p>\n<p>Patience is not passive waiting; it\u2019s an active, faith-filled endurance. It\u2019s continuing to sow seeds of kindness, faithfulness, and love, even when we can\u2019t see the immediate results. It\u2019s believing that God is working behind the scenes, orchestrating events in His perfect wisdom. When we practice patience, we are not just waiting for something to happen; we are growing in our trust and dependence on God.<\/p>\n<p>The reward of patience is not just the blessings we receive but the character that is developed within us. As we wait, God is shaping us, making us more like Christ\u2014stronger, more resilient, and more faithful. And when the harvest comes, it will be abundantly clear that every moment of patience was worth it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for today<\/strong>:<em> Heavenly Father, thank You for the promise that we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Give me the patience and perseverance to continue doing good, trusting in Your timing and Your faithfulness. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, August 30 Becoming Better not Bitter \u2013 Day 5 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. James 1:4 Every trial is an opportunity to move closer to God or further from Him. God\u2019s Word in Galatians 6:9 says &#8220;So let\u2019s not get tired of doing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3436"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3445,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3436\/revisions\/3445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}