Patience and Understanding
To some patience may seem like a little thing. To me patience is a big thing and is what helps me get through my day. I always thought that I was a pretty patient person, but lately I've been tested quite a bit and I have found that I was lacking. So I thought to myself "how can I learn to be more patient?". Well I wasn't really sure how to do that and I was getting discouraged. Then the opportunity came for me to do a 13 week series in my Sunday school called Prayer Life. I was a little hesitant at first but I knew that prayer is one of my weakest areas in my spiritual life so I thought that it would do me some good. So last week we started it and I absolutely fell in love with the study from the beginning. When you think of praying you just think of you talking with God and asking Him to help you with stuff that's going on in your life. But there is just so much more to prayer than that (and I would love to go in to detail about it but I don't want this to be too long and it's only the second week in the series so I will wait til we are further along). While doing this study I realized that I can't have patience, that God has to give me the patience. So at the beginning of last week I prayed everyday for God to give me patience and understanding throughout my day especially at work, and the other ladies in my Sunday school class prayed for me too. And you know what?! God answered my prayers and He allowed me to have patience and to be calm with my kids even though they were crazy and driving me crazy. And I know that it may seem like such a little thing to have, but oh to have patience is such a wonderful thing!
So as I start my day tomorrow I will ask the Lord yet again to bless me with patience and uunderstanding to help me get through the day. You should try it too, you never know what could happen!
~Karah
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