DORMANCY

When I plant my okra seeds, they have to go through several days of just sitting there, doing nothing!Atleast that's what it seems like to me. They are going through a dormancy stage, that if I moved them, or tried to speed the process along, I would completely ruin them. They must go through the entire process to finally grow into my delicious Longhorn Okra, that I so love!
It's the same way as Christians. Sometimes we feel as if God has left us under the furnace of affliction for longer than necessary, or perhaps we have moved away from loved ones, and are all alone for much too longer than we like~~~
For whatever the reason, God is trying to speak to us, and draw us closer to Him. He wants to refine us! He wants us to spend time with Him, and to call Him our friend! When we are alone, He is always there, and He is closer than a brother. The next time you go though a dormant stage in your life, smile and know that God is working all things together for good, to those who are called according to His purpose, and know that this is for your good~~~~Everything Jesus does is for your good!
It may take a little time, but then, what else do we have on this earth, but time? Goodness knows, we have it now, and we surely have it in the next life!
Becky