My Daily Bread: Give Me Patience Lord
1 Thessalonians 5:14 CSB
And we exhort you, brothers and sisters: warn those who are lazy, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient with everyone.
When was the time you feel impatient? Personally, I experience a lot of time of being impatient like waiting of my friend, our agreement we meet at 2:00pm but he arrived at 3:30pm; in the mall which I was in the cashier to pay but the line was too long; unfulfilled expectation and so on. In that moment I feel discomfort and discourage.
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But what is impatient? According to the dictionary impatient means having or showing a tendency to be quickly irritated or provoked or restlessly eager.
Some Body Language of feeling Impatience know by these following symptoms.
• You experience disturbance and shallow breathing
• You feel fatigue in your Muscle
• Warning: Hand Fist
• Tapping of Feet
• Irritability and always shaking the head
• Wry Face
• Eyes become big and glaring
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The time you lost control is not easy but it must be manage. How?
• Practice Gratefulness/Thankfulness
• Focus on what you can control
• Be a good listener
• Don’t react directly
Lesson learn:
Not every what I want or not every desires of my heart would be granted. But God may have other plan. And God’s plan differ from my own plan. I must trust His infinite wisdom and love.
God’s Instruction:
Be patient in all things, in our family, our friends, and our associates. Remember God is also patient with us.
Live according to God’s timetable and do not be hurried.
