So, after a great evening of tasty potluck and good company I lay awake, reaping the after effects of my dinner (note: I firmly stand behind the Try A Little Bit of Everything rule!). I gots to thinking, and so I says…
Shortly after my daughter was born, about 3 years now, my prayer has been for patience. I have always been informed that patience is required in successful child-rearing, and knowing that I didn’t have any I knew I needed to acquire it from an outside source—One with plenty of patience to spare! So I asked God for it. If only I knew then...!
Having worked our way through weaning, sleepless nights, and several attempts at potty training, I can look back in amazement at how we actually made it this far, because I certainly didn’t show patience where it counted! On the other hand, the kiddos have been VERY patient with me, which is surely a sign that the Father is working in my other prayer—Protect them from my mistakes!
As far as patience, well, I guess before I can practice that kind of calm patience on my family that I so desire, it only makes sense that I first find it in my relationship with God; being Love, and the giver of all life ‘n such…who do I think I am, trying to take a shortcut?! Ha!
No, instead my eyes are opened to seeing my life as one giant opportunity after another…finding patience in a much deeper place as each day becomes a choice between trusting God in his will, or giving up on him and trying to muster something out of nothing. ...Trusting God that he will get me through the day on that tiny little multi-vitamin! …That my kids grow in confidence…That the business will survive the year…And that I will have my very own garden someday…! I know I can’t do it, yet I continue playing the fool! And the results: guilt, shame, failure. Hindsight tells me that it’s hardly worth it; enter patience with myself, which any woman knows is a battle in itself...!
Shortly after my daughter was born, about 3 years now, my prayer has been for patience. I have always been informed that patience is required in successful child-rearing, and knowing that I didn’t have any I knew I needed to acquire it from an outside source—One with plenty of patience to spare! So I asked God for it. If only I knew then...!
Having worked our way through weaning, sleepless nights, and several attempts at potty training, I can look back in amazement at how we actually made it this far, because I certainly didn’t show patience where it counted! On the other hand, the kiddos have been VERY patient with me, which is surely a sign that the Father is working in my other prayer—Protect them from my mistakes!
As far as patience, well, I guess before I can practice that kind of calm patience on my family that I so desire, it only makes sense that I first find it in my relationship with God; being Love, and the giver of all life ‘n such…who do I think I am, trying to take a shortcut?! Ha!
No, instead my eyes are opened to seeing my life as one giant opportunity after another…finding patience in a much deeper place as each day becomes a choice between trusting God in his will, or giving up on him and trying to muster something out of nothing. ...Trusting God that he will get me through the day on that tiny little multi-vitamin! …That my kids grow in confidence…That the business will survive the year…And that I will have my very own garden someday…! I know I can’t do it, yet I continue playing the fool! And the results: guilt, shame, failure. Hindsight tells me that it’s hardly worth it; enter patience with myself, which any woman knows is a battle in itself...!
I can only hope that I am making the most of my circumstances, taking one day at a time. I will get there someday if I continue to trust in God, understanding that it is only through his strength that I have a chance of being the woman I hope to be.
“My gracious favor is all you need. My power works best in your weakness.” –Man, this verse keeps coming up lately…I wonder if it’s trying to tell me something?! Remembering it in a timely fashion though, that’s where it tends to get tricky! =]
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