Lord, Please Give Me Patience….NOW!

Our generation seems to have little patience for waiting. Road rage is seen when there’s someone moving way too slow in traffic. And there’s those times when we’re put on hold on a telephone call, or when we’re placed in yet another queue trying to get to the right customer representative. We talk about slow Internet connections — waiting for a page to load often feels like an eternity. And, I don’t think I’ve ever encountered the long time wait there is at the traffic lights here in Washington. It seems the demand for instant results has seeped into every corner of our lives. We sacrifice eating healthy food by eating at “FAST” food restaurants — all too often.

And, the fact is — we do need MORE patience….and we need it NOW! No question about it, patience isn’t easy. It takes practice. And, really takes a lot of inner strength to trust that this delay or situation is a needed hold-up so that I will keep us on pace with God’s perfect timing on all that concerns me.

If we allow impatience to cause stress and anger and anxiety, then we’re not hearing the “music” or the “symphony” — the beauty of life going on around us. The music that is in our lives can only be fully recognized, experienced, and played out when we breathe, enjoy, let go and stop rushing around — then patience and enjoyment of the moment will pervade our lives.

“But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” James 1:4 — Oh Lord, I desire that patience has its perfect work in me. I want to enjoy YOUR symphony that is all around me!