I WANT TO BE PATIENT, NOW!How you can ruin your day by your impatience!
One day, a father was hurriedly eating breakfast with his grade school son when the child accidentally spilled his coffee on his fresh school uniform. The father angrily shouted at his son so that the child burst into tears and ran to hide in his room.
It took some time for the child to calm down and dress again. But by that time he had already missed his school bus. The father was then forced to drive his son to school and as a consequence he was late for work. Of course he was reprimanded by his supervisor. That made him so upset he made numerous mistakes during the day. When he came home he had to deal with his wife who was sulking because of the way he treated their son that morning.
If only the father did not raise his voice and just calmly said to his son."It's OK, son. It was an accident but next time be more careful. Now go and ask your mommy to help you change into a new uniform. Be quick. Your school bus will be here in fifteen minutes," all the problems of the day could have been avoided.
We need to learn patience because impatience is destructive and counter-productive. Impatience strains relationships. It only complicates problems rather than solve them. We need to learn patience, moreover, because God's Word commands us to do so.
Extract from the book entitled 'i don't want to feel this way'
Hi, Jean,
ReplyDeleteI am helped by this statement extracted from Zondervan, that to learn means to make choices, to practice over and over. If we are to learn patient, we have to submit to God in all circumstances - we must be willing to undergo the learning process.