Waiting on the Lord

On Sunday we had the best sermon on waiting on the Lord and allowing Him to work his will with patience. I am not good at that. I get so impatient with my circumstances, with my family and with myself. I get angry easily and want things to change instantly. Just ask my husband. Since I married him, I have watched several employers take advantage of his patience and perseverance and he just keeps plugging away, doing his job to the best of his ability. It doesn't matter to him whether his boss ever appreciates him, he still does his best. I am trying to be that way but too many times I lose my temper or want to retaliate for wrongs done to me. He doesn't do that. He gets up in the morning, gets dressed, and goes to work every day whether he likes the work or not. He puts in a full day to finish the job, whether he is being treated fairly by his boss or not.
His most recent job was a prime example of this. He worked as a backhoe operator for almost 5 years, putting in septic systems. He hated it. He was always getting yelled at by his boss and sometimes by the customers because of things that were beyond his control. During the time he worked there he saw other employees getting pay raises, when he got none, he saw others being treated with a modicum of respect when he wasn't respected at all by his boss. During all of this time he kept looking and looking for another job in his chosen profession of ranching. There was always a door closed on every opportunity. He applied for the job he has now back in February or March of this year and another person was hired at that time. He went back to work digging holes, and was told that he would have to start working overtime hours but "bank" them and use them as vacation days. In other words, comp time. He was told to use materials that had already been used and the customers were charged full price for these items. He would come home and tell me these things and I didn't know how to help him so I ended up nagging him a lot. Still he was patient and still he worked his hardest for this company.
He got a call back on the job he had applied for way back and was hired on the spot. He went to work the next day and gave his two week notice. There were a lot of people telling him he should just quit and not give the courtesy of the two week notice, but that is not my husband. He gave his notice and went to work faithfully every day and at the end of the two weeks, left with great relief.
I have seen my husband behave this way for nearly 27 years. He has treated every one of his employers in the same fashion. He has dealt honorably with them even when they haven't treated him in the same way. It has taken me almost all of that 27 years and a lot of listening to the faithful preaching of the gospel to come to the point where I am trying to deal with my own rebelliousness (did I spell that correctly?) and learning to wait patiently on the Lord. How easy that sounds and how hard it is for my wayward heart to submit to that. But God has given me an example to follow in my Lord and Savior and an earthly example in my husband. I pray that He will continue the work He has started in my heart and that I can patiently wait on the Lord's will for me. God is good and He always finishes the work He starts in His elect.
Till next time...