Patience

Have you ever put new license plates on your car? The screws are too tight to loosen - the hole doesn't line up for the screw. How about the vehicle registration sticker? If you get a corner just right it will peel right off, but then what to do with the gooey mess left on the windshield. What I need is a little patience.

Sometimes my computer just don't work fast enough and when this happens I tend to give it another instruction, one after another, and then it slows down even more. What I need is a little patience.

We have created for ourselves instant lifestyles like 'one hour photo processing' and 'same-day dry cleaning.' If things don't happen right now, we get impatience.

We get impatience even with God - especially when we are undergoing a trial. When God wants to make a giant oak he takes many years. Yet, we wander, if He can create somethng out of nothing in an instant, why doesn't He act? Maybe, when our patience is being stretched, we are being given an opportunity to expand. There is a 'right time' to bring us to maturity and a strong faith. We read in the scriptures:

"We can rejoice too, when we run into problems and trials for we know that they are good for us - they help us learn to be patient. And patience develops strength of character in us and helps us trust God more each time we use it until finally our hope and faith are strong and steady." Romans 5:3-5 The Living Bible