Bountiful
Blessings
June 2, 2013
Good morning. How are you family and
friends? Everything is…… tick tock tick tock…… (having a dramatic pause in a
letter is not the same as silence in person, is it?) I was trying
(unsuccessfully) to see how patient you are. J
Haha. For today is all about patience. I talked about this a little while ago
but as usual, my struggles tend to pop back up again.
I used to have oodles of patience. At
work. At home. With friends. With family. With school. With children. With
traffic. Even with the DMV (can you believe it?) Sigh. Now? Not so much. Now, I
am testy and everything is quick to get on my nerves. What happened to me? Oh,
I could analyze it. The counseling major may tell you that as I age, I do not
have the patience because my subconscious may feel that whatever time I have
left, I do not want to waste a minute of it. Whatever. Time is precious but
that is not an excuse for poor behavior. I could tell you that I have a lot on
my mind. (Yes, I know that I tell you a lot of what is on my mind. But I do
keep some things to myself. This is not my diary after all. J). Where was I? Oh yea, that I have things on
my mind. The more I have on my mind, the less patience I have. Its like my
brain wont hold anymore. Buzzer sound. Once again, an excuse. Patience is not
always an easy thing. Sometimes it is down right hard. But in your life, aren’t
the best things the ones that you have to work for? To cultivate? Your
relationship with God. Your marriage. Your children. Your job. Your family.
Your friends. None of these are easy peasy. Take a little effort. And it is
worth it, right? Well, for me, taking a little more effort to be patient will
be worth it. There are so many things that I am missing out on because I have
no tolerance. I am not gaining precious minutes; I am losing precious memories.
Don’t be like me. Be patient - Play with your babies; roll around on the floor.
Listen to your friends talk about their ups and downs. Take a little time with
your parental units. Don’t yell/curse at the cars on the road; they are in the
same predicament as you. That slow person on the golf course? Instead of losing
patience, enjoy the beautiful weather and the fact that you have the
opportunity to golf. The person with the loaded cart in the express lane? Ok, I
give it to you. Hard to be patient. Could be there is more going on. Or they
simply could be well, a ….. Be patient. You are the better person here. Oh,
there are all sorts of times that will test your patience. But it is there
inside you. It may be dormant but its there. You have to dig it out, polish it
off and begin using it again. J
Now why is patience so important? Why
do we really need it? Is it good manners? The way we were raised? Good virtues?
Good morals? Well, all of that, sure. But that is not the answer I am looking
for. God. The answer to most questions. Our God fulfills his promises. Always.
But he does so in his time. Not ours. We need to learn to be patient, to wait.
For he knows when the time is right. Us? We are all about the “now”. Don’t deny
it. No one can see or hear you saying that you are different. So you are only
kidding yourself. We want answers now.
We want results now. Haha. Doesn’t happen that way. And for a reason. God’s
reasons. So today, lets just try to work on it, ok?
“The times we find ourselves having to wait on
others may be the perfect opportunities to train ourselves to wait on the
Lord.” ~ Joni Eareckson Tada
Bible Verse for the week:
I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned
to me and heard my cry. - Psalms 40:1
Picture of the week:
Bible Fun for the week:
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