Seek God when the dark clouds are looming

Greetings:
I am trying to be mindful that everyone I meet is fighting a battle that I know nothing about.
I must be kind to them, encouraging to them and keep them in my prayers.
We must tell them to trust God when the sky looks bright and when it's dim, cloudy and cold.
Impress on them that good things do happen to those who wait and diligently seek God.
It's the waiting and diligence that gets most of us in trouble.
We come from a 'hurry-up-give-it-to-me-now' society and waiting is difficult, uncomfortable, scary and full of anxiety.
But God tells us many times in The Bible to simply trust him.
How many of you know that trusting God many times involves waiting, praying and diligently seeking his will?
How many times have you been tested and challenged only to realize that God is still in control –– regardless of how you feel, how you think or what you say?
As Christians we maintain a unique discipleship that is based on faith that finds expression in deed, not feelings.
How many of you have dreamed of something or a certain situation only to find yourself soon disappointed, mad at God and angry when those dreams fall apart?
I've been there too many times.
But you know, taking our frustration out on God will never provide the answer or the solution we are seeking.
In 1 Corinthians 2:5 we read: “So that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power.”
In man's eyes and man's limited wisdom something we seek or want might seem logical so we pray for it. But in God's eyes the time might not be right, the object of our prayers might not be in God's will or we me might have just missed it.
In Romans 12:12 we read, “Be joyful in hope; patient in affliction.”
That is were a diligent practice of prayer comes into play.
Just like a well-polished athlete we should to develop an exercise of prayer, a routine, so to speak, that hits the weights of God's Word on a regular basis so we know the road map or the game plan for our walk with him.
Remember practice makes perfect.
Our practice always starts with prayer and ends with prayer.
Pray that God opens the eyes of your heart to see him, hear him, seek him and feel his presence.
It's not always easy to praise God when the dark clouds are looming overhead. But know for sure that God does answer the prayers of those who diligently seek Him.