God is so patient and amazing.  We spend a lifetime trying to be the child that would make Him proud and all the time He is simply wanting us to abide in Him.  I am in the midst of learning what this means–abiding in Him.  Thus far I know that the strength of trusting God and having faith in His work is complete when I abide.  Abiding doesn’t include my efforts.  It includes my release of efforts so I relax in the circumstances letting God take charge.  This sounds so easy and simple yet I am breaking habits of effort that have dominated my life for all of my 66 years.  I know I am to relax in this and learn.  This is a lesson unto itself.

I am learning God is not in a hurry about this.  He is much more concerned about the thoroughness of the learning.  So, I will keep relying on Him to help me learn what abiding is and what it looks like in everyday living.