I Believe in Patience
It has been
almost 5 weeks since we sent in our papers for our next mission and this wait
has caused me to think about being patient.
I really do believe in patience but that doesn’t mean that I have a lot
of patience. I really believe that good
things come to those that wait. In
today’s world everyone wants things right now.
We and our children want instant gratification and most of us don’t like
to wait. What is it about waiting that
is so hard and why is it when we do wait for something we have wanted for a
long time there is such joy when we finally receive it. We usually appreciate it more than if we had
not waited. In a gospel sense we long to
return to our Father in Heaven but we have to wait till we have finished our
work on the earth. This process of
enduring to the end makes the receiving of this desire so much sweeter when we
finally are permitted back into the presence of our Father. If we received Eternal Life without the wait
and the enduring we might not appreciate it the way we should. Good things come to those that wait. I think we should add good things come to
those that wait and endure well. I have
been trying to develop more patience by trying to not make every yellow light
and letting cars in when they are trying to change lanes or turn onto the
road. I have been trying to just slow
down a bit and not be in such a hurry. I remember my mother always use to say to us
kids “patience is a virtue, virtue is a grace, put them both together and have
a happy face”. In looking up this
saying, I found that it is usually quoted as “patience is a virtue, virtue is a
grace, both put together makes a pretty face.
I like happy face better. I think
that when we were not being patient we would make weird faces of pain and
torture and mom would say this rhyme and what she was really saying was, “look
be patience and happy with what you have.”
Yep I am right back with be thankful and content and patient and happy. Let’s see what I can add to this recipe for
life next week. Remember I believe in
patience.
Last night at orange leaf, you were at the checkout being impatient and yelled at me to come checkout. I wasn't able to get any toppings and had to have plain yogurt. Jill hadn't even gotten her yogurt yet. You're going to have to work on this one some more.
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