Jots and Tittles and other Random Things

Hurry up and Wait

Dictionary.com defines patience as:

1. the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.
2. an ability or willingness to suppress restlessness or annoyance when confronted with delay.



So Patience has to do with waiting. It is one of the fruits of the Spirit in the New Testament (Galatians 5:22-23).

Wait...till I'm better; till surgery is over, for my body to heal; till the doctor says it's ok....and on and on.

It is one of the hardest things for me to do...wait. "I want it now!" sang Veruca from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. I don't think I'm quite so forward in saying it, but then again, maybe I am . Even if I'm not quite so demanding, my attitude is that I don't want to wait for something. How frustrating to have to wait, but how much more frustrating is my attitude to God - it is implying that I don't trust him to take care of me or my needs. He's promised that He would do so (1 Peter 5:6-7).

Forgive me, Lord, for my ingratitude, my impatience, my lack of trust in You. Help me to rely on You and Your timing.

Just something to mull over. I know I have to. And again, wait.