why are there delays?

JAMES 1:2-4 NIV

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

-If you always reaped the harvest of your deeds immediately, the incentive to do right and refrain from wrongdoing would only be selfish. No faith, or love for God, would be required.
-During delays we have opportunity to demonstrate whether we really love God, and trust Him, or not.
-If we really trust God, time is not a problem. Leave that with God. His timing is perfect and He is dependable! We know He promised, and can never fail -- and that is enough.

I've received these words during the weekend and God continued to speak to me clearly about some of my desires and wants. I had a stressful week last week, mainly because I had wanted soemthing so badly and I knew I had done a terrible job trying to 'obtain' it. There were sleepless nights in which I blamed myself for my incapacity and inability to do a good job at getting it. I questioned why my countless prayers were not answered...fully aware that God has his timing and perfect plan for me, I was too stubborn to acknowledge the truth. Then He began to reveal Himself to me, and made me think about my motivations behind the desires...then He showed me that even when I am not faithful, He remains faithful. His words were so strong and comforting that I knew that not to trust Him and rely on Him would be the biggest mistake.

Recently, I've been feeling like I'm the perfect living example of the Murphy's Law, that "Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong". As I am approaching the final leg of the thesis, my laptop decided to die on me and therefore there is a bit of a delay in my progress. On top of that, I'd been doing pretty terribly in other parts of my life.

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will continue another time.