Dear Father, In studying Scripture, we come across blessings and promises. In church, we say Amen to prayers that declare blessings, and we are taught that it is Your will that we prosper and be in good health. However, I have realized that obtaining a divine promise may depend not solely on Amens and affirmations, but also on an in-depth knowledge of what it entails. I came across a Scripture which says, “For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.” This reveals a period that exists between knowing the promise and receiving the promise--one in which we are expected to do Your will. Is Your will the promise itself, or all that we do before obtaining the promise? There may be a misconception in our understanding. We often call the promise Your will, yet Scripture reveals that the process is Your will. This may explain why we await the promise while despising the process that leads to it. I believe every promise has its process, and every process creatively combines transformative attributes, so that we do not just receive--we become. We see a gift when we see a promise, while You create a transformation strategy, and You tie it to a promise. Perhaps joy is not necessarily the attitude to display after receiving a promise from You; rather, an inquisitive mind is. Not just to await a promise, but to seek to perform what it entails: and in time, we come to realize that we are being shaped into the very promise we seek. Translations; Slide 1: English Slide 2: French Slide 3: Bengali Slide 4: Hindu Slide 5: Urdu #LettertoGod #promise #process #misconceptions