Have you ever said to yourself, “I need more patience.” No way! Nobody does. Well…let me speak for myself, I don’t ask for patience often.
We live in the “now” society. Where the infommercial will change your life in one week, the meal is ready in two minutes, and your television is on-demand. There are so many great things about the “now” lifestyle. (Our church uses twitter, talking, encouraging, real time)
However, sometimes we can transfer the “now” type thinking to other areas of our lives that we shouldn’t. Try telling your kid to “behave NOW!” Try telling your spouse “you look sloppy, fix yourself NOW.” You might say, I would never say those things, and I would probably agree with you, but don’t we feel like saying things we do not mean when we are impatient?
What we are saying when we feel that tension is that I want it my way and now! Yet, never thinking or processing that, possibly, there is a better way than our way.
Remember, “things” you can move faster with…people move slowly.
God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! Ephesians 3:20
February 12th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
I love what the Army says. “If it’s stupid but it works, it’s not stupid.”
As far as the patience part, I’ve always loved this quote by Peter Druker:
“We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.”