Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Dear God,

What is patience but self control, concern, and love.  Patience is the gift we give to the frazzled, the angry, and the hurting.  When we are a people of patience, we are a people of the Most High.  We live up to the image of our Maker.

There are so many reasons to be impatient, only one to be patient.  You call us to the great task of loving your children, particularly those who annoy, irritate, and make us crazy.  You ask us to be still, pray, and consider your will and your way.  Not that we support selfishness but rather that we hold up the broken places in people's lives.  We see through your eyes and we love who you love.

Make patience
a part
of the blessing
of life,
dear God.
Help us see anew.
Refresh our memories
all those times
you were patient
with us.
Make us
patient people
because we long
for you
to be patient
with us.

Love, Andrea