Happy Wednesday!
When I read my June 14th devotional in Jesus Always, I was reminded of one of my weaknesses.
“Love is PATIENT. Notice the first adjective the apostle Paul uses to describe love is “patient.” I (remember this is Jesus talking) treasure this quality in my followers, even though it is not highly visible in most twenty-first-century depictions of love.
Patient people can stay calm while enduring lengthy waits or dealing with difficult people and problems. I encourage you to examine your own life: to see how you respond to waiting and difficulties. This will give you a good measure of how patient–how loving–you are.”
As I was having my morning conversation with my bestie April, I mentioned what I had read to her. She groaned as she had read the same thing and was hit by the exact same thing I was. “This will give you a good measure of how patient–how loving–you are.” It was a timely discussion because I was headed into a staff meeting and I find them very frustrating, so I am not very patient. What I discovered though, was when I reminded myself that patience impacted how loving I appeared, I was able to rein in my frustration and be a tad bit more patient. Notice I said tad bit more patient… it is going to take practice.
John 13:34 says 34 “A new command I give you: Love one another” and remember love is patient.
As you go through the rest of this week, monitor your patience and remember that when you lose your patience you impact the influence you can have on others.
Shine, Shine, Shine!
Tina