Thursday, December 8, 2011

Dear God,

Why is it so hard to have patience? Is it because we are so self absorbed, expecting the world to bend to our timeline, our desires, our wishes, and our goals? Is it because we do not want to be hindered, inconvenienced, or limited in any way? Why is patience so hard to achieve?

Whether waiting on a doctor to give a result or a persnickety printer to work right, patience wears thin. We get irritable, grouchy with others, and short-tempered. It's not as though we plan to be that way; we just seem to naturally evolve into this wild-eyed person who has difficulties going with life's flow. Why is that?

I have heard people remark, "He has the patience of Job!" Why do some take life easier than others? Why can't we all be that way?

Good grief, as I sit here pondering one of life's great questions, I hear "tee hee, tee hee." Of course, it is always about trust and letting go. It is always about listening, giving way to the best in ourselves, and giving proof to that bit of goodness tucked inside us. Patience is about putting ourselves in your hands, allowing you to teach us good manners about life. Our character is forged by our willingness to permit you to reshape us and remake us into the person we were always fashioned to be.

Remould us,
O God,
until we get
ourselves right.
Make patience
a goal
in each
of us,
I pray.

Love, Andrea