Hello everyone,
I wanted to take moment to tell you about a few things where I have/am learning to love by being patient. I didn't really understand the power of the force of patience until recently. See, patience provides room for love to grow. It's critical. Let me explain.
Last week, my wife and I were going through the normal things in life. We were working and raising kids. Now each of our children is fearful and wonderfully made. That means sometimes we wonder about them. Just kidding. That means they are wonderful and amazing children. They are God's gift to us and I get excited when we catch glimpses of what's really inside them. But there are other times where they are challenging.
Parent's have you ever been frustrated because your children don't grow up as fast as you would like? Have you ever wondered if they would grow up at all? I can't tell you how many times my wife and I have worried over our children because of their choices or how many times I would ride them about a choice they made over and over. But what I realized was that in some ways, I wasn't being loving. Now I'm not saying that we shouldn't correct our children because the Bible says that God corrects those he loves. But what I am telling you is that in other cases if we will be patient with our children and give God room to grow them up, they will progress so much faster than all our nagging.
The other thing I noticed this week is an area in my personal life where I was not being very loving with someone because I wanted them to do something and they didn't do it. I got agitated and rolled all sorts of things around in my mind to tell them but in the end, the Lord was telling me to be patient. See, I was walking in selfishness which is many times the opposite of patience. What I wanted the other person to do was a good and right thing but I was not giving them time to do it on their own. I have decided to love them and be patient and wait.
Patience doesn't come across as an action verb. When you give something to someone, they can see what you give them. When you do something for someone or say something nice to someone, then they know it immediately. But with patience, the person you are loving, may never know that you are loving them and waiting. I think that's what makes it so strong.
How many times do you think the Lord has been patient with us. How many times has he wanted us to make different choices and we make the same mistakes again and again. But guess what. He never walks out of love with us. It's impossible for God to be anything but Love toward us so I know he is patient with me every day.
Let me leave you with this. If you are struggling with patience, then ask the Lord to help you stand in faith and pray while you wait. God is able to do much more that we can ask or think so dare to ask big and then wait.
That's another Opinion of the Minion.
I wanted to take moment to tell you about a few things where I have/am learning to love by being patient. I didn't really understand the power of the force of patience until recently. See, patience provides room for love to grow. It's critical. Let me explain.
Last week, my wife and I were going through the normal things in life. We were working and raising kids. Now each of our children is fearful and wonderfully made. That means sometimes we wonder about them. Just kidding. That means they are wonderful and amazing children. They are God's gift to us and I get excited when we catch glimpses of what's really inside them. But there are other times where they are challenging.
Parent's have you ever been frustrated because your children don't grow up as fast as you would like? Have you ever wondered if they would grow up at all? I can't tell you how many times my wife and I have worried over our children because of their choices or how many times I would ride them about a choice they made over and over. But what I realized was that in some ways, I wasn't being loving. Now I'm not saying that we shouldn't correct our children because the Bible says that God corrects those he loves. But what I am telling you is that in other cases if we will be patient with our children and give God room to grow them up, they will progress so much faster than all our nagging.
The other thing I noticed this week is an area in my personal life where I was not being very loving with someone because I wanted them to do something and they didn't do it. I got agitated and rolled all sorts of things around in my mind to tell them but in the end, the Lord was telling me to be patient. See, I was walking in selfishness which is many times the opposite of patience. What I wanted the other person to do was a good and right thing but I was not giving them time to do it on their own. I have decided to love them and be patient and wait.
Patience doesn't come across as an action verb. When you give something to someone, they can see what you give them. When you do something for someone or say something nice to someone, then they know it immediately. But with patience, the person you are loving, may never know that you are loving them and waiting. I think that's what makes it so strong.
How many times do you think the Lord has been patient with us. How many times has he wanted us to make different choices and we make the same mistakes again and again. But guess what. He never walks out of love with us. It's impossible for God to be anything but Love toward us so I know he is patient with me every day.
Let me leave you with this. If you are struggling with patience, then ask the Lord to help you stand in faith and pray while you wait. God is able to do much more that we can ask or think so dare to ask big and then wait.
That's another Opinion of the Minion.
