Waiting with Patience

I've come to discover that waiting for something is God's oven for growing patience in us.  For the past 6 months we have been patiently looking for a bigger home, to no avail.  We know exactly what we would like, but it just doesn't seem to be out there. Somedays I get discouraged and think that maybe we are just being too fussy, but I know that because I love the Lord, my desires are His too. There is nothing that's impossible when it comes to God, just as long as we are truly grateful for what we already have.  I don't believe that God will 'enlarge our territories' if our motives are wrong for wanting things.  There is something profound that happens when we find ourselves waiting desperately on something better to come along.  God expects us to dream big but sometimes our patience always seems to run out quicker than we had thought, not to mention our hope of the thing eventually happening keeps falling out of our grasp.  It takes a special level of maturity in our faith to keep on focusing on our dream, waiting patiently, with a good, positive attitude and not loose hope.  So often we tend to want to give up when it seems to be taking too long or when we've grown weary from waiting, or sadly, we decide to settle for second best, when we know that's not 100% what we wanted.  I'm sure if we could hear God asking us if we would just trust Him, the waiting would become easier, but it is often in these waiting times that we cannot seem to hear or feel God leading us, where we end up giving up the wait and doing our own thing.  For me, waiting patiently is my way of letting God know that I choose daily to keep on trusting Him and especially in His timing.  God knows what we need before we've even prayed for it and just because it hasn't happened yet, it doesn't mean we aren't going to get it - it just means we have to wait a little longer, with an expectant heart, knowing that it's during these times in God's waiting room, that is going to grow not only our patience, but our faith and trust as well!  And if the thing we are waiting for never does happen, then either we've been waiting wrong, or God must have a very good reason, or perhaps even something better in store for us...