The C's have repeatedly told us "patience pays". I was just wondering if anyone has cool or interesting experiences with this?
I have notice many times during hardships in my life when I thought that my prayers or requests might be lost in the ether, that if I simply wait, somehow a solution, against all odds, tends to materialize. Even when I think there's no way a situation can get resolved, and can't imagine how on earth I'm going to get out of whatever pickle I'm in, there has always been a solution that materializes. If I had to ballpark it, it's usually on the order of months, maybe a year or so.
There are a few ways to look at "patience pays". One is the simple obvious one - that given enough time and vigilance, it becomes statistically more likely that a solution might present itself eventually. But another is to consider the possibility that simply asking and being patient and observant, something actually does listen to us. The C's always said prayer works, and that we are never alone, and that help is always available to those who ask, and to avoid anticipating. Well, I have seen this stuff work, and it's never how or when I would imagine things turning out.
And from my experience it seems the following are required:
1. Asking/praying
2. Patience
3. Sincere effort to figure it out yourself
4. Be open minded about timeframe and nature of the solution - don't anticipate.
One recent example - my mom died in May 2022. My grandma (her mother) just just died in Feb 2024. For the past year or so, she has been telling me that she's been asking God to take her, but she was frustrated that he isn't listening. She broke her hip in September of '23 and hasn't made any efforts (despite our best efforts) to do physical therapy or exercise or try to leave her bed and be mobile again. So her legs atrophied. She turned 100 around the same time, and she had a very full life, mainly of service and dedication to her family. It was a bit difficult for me, given what she was asking for, to assure her that God is listening, but I did. I said he simply needs time to arrange a few things, but don't worry, he is working on it. I also wondered to myself what lessons she may still be around to learn in her condition, but I figure that's between God and grandma. But I also prayed for her peaceful passing, because I knew she was miserable and just wanted out, so I asked the universe to grant her a gentle exit if/when it makes sense for her. And guess what - she died very peacefully in her sleep, no pain, no suffering, no sickness. Just took a few months since the hip fracture. And she even got a bed sore (no thanks for the nursing home staff), but it was healing, and luckily did not cause an infection and potentially difficult death.
The last 2 weeks before her passing she started being mostly asleep during the day (not typical). She would acknowledge me, squeeze my hand, give me kisses, and nod if I talked to her, but all with her eyes closed, seemingly unable to open them even when asked. I even managed to feed her an ice cream (her favorite) like 2 days before she passed - with her eyes closed. She squeezed my hand SO hard that day, and didn't want to let go, as if to say goodbye. She died 2 days later. We suspected it was probably her soul initiating departure procedures, and that turned out to be correct. And honestly, I'm so happy she's at peace and got her wish. I couldn't imagine a better transition.
There's tons more such things, but I'm curious if you guys have any stories where patience/prayers resulted in some miraculous and unexpected solution? Did anyone have enough of those to seriously start to have faith in the concept, without it being theoretical anymore?
I have notice many times during hardships in my life when I thought that my prayers or requests might be lost in the ether, that if I simply wait, somehow a solution, against all odds, tends to materialize. Even when I think there's no way a situation can get resolved, and can't imagine how on earth I'm going to get out of whatever pickle I'm in, there has always been a solution that materializes. If I had to ballpark it, it's usually on the order of months, maybe a year or so.
There are a few ways to look at "patience pays". One is the simple obvious one - that given enough time and vigilance, it becomes statistically more likely that a solution might present itself eventually. But another is to consider the possibility that simply asking and being patient and observant, something actually does listen to us. The C's always said prayer works, and that we are never alone, and that help is always available to those who ask, and to avoid anticipating. Well, I have seen this stuff work, and it's never how or when I would imagine things turning out.
And from my experience it seems the following are required:
1. Asking/praying
2. Patience
3. Sincere effort to figure it out yourself
4. Be open minded about timeframe and nature of the solution - don't anticipate.
One recent example - my mom died in May 2022. My grandma (her mother) just just died in Feb 2024. For the past year or so, she has been telling me that she's been asking God to take her, but she was frustrated that he isn't listening. She broke her hip in September of '23 and hasn't made any efforts (despite our best efforts) to do physical therapy or exercise or try to leave her bed and be mobile again. So her legs atrophied. She turned 100 around the same time, and she had a very full life, mainly of service and dedication to her family. It was a bit difficult for me, given what she was asking for, to assure her that God is listening, but I did. I said he simply needs time to arrange a few things, but don't worry, he is working on it. I also wondered to myself what lessons she may still be around to learn in her condition, but I figure that's between God and grandma. But I also prayed for her peaceful passing, because I knew she was miserable and just wanted out, so I asked the universe to grant her a gentle exit if/when it makes sense for her. And guess what - she died very peacefully in her sleep, no pain, no suffering, no sickness. Just took a few months since the hip fracture. And she even got a bed sore (no thanks for the nursing home staff), but it was healing, and luckily did not cause an infection and potentially difficult death.
The last 2 weeks before her passing she started being mostly asleep during the day (not typical). She would acknowledge me, squeeze my hand, give me kisses, and nod if I talked to her, but all with her eyes closed, seemingly unable to open them even when asked. I even managed to feed her an ice cream (her favorite) like 2 days before she passed - with her eyes closed. She squeezed my hand SO hard that day, and didn't want to let go, as if to say goodbye. She died 2 days later. We suspected it was probably her soul initiating departure procedures, and that turned out to be correct. And honestly, I'm so happy she's at peace and got her wish. I couldn't imagine a better transition.
There's tons more such things, but I'm curious if you guys have any stories where patience/prayers resulted in some miraculous and unexpected solution? Did anyone have enough of those to seriously start to have faith in the concept, without it being theoretical anymore?
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