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Praying for Patience

I am not a patient person.  I want what I want, when I want it and how I want it or I get frustrated and aggravated.  I am a best when it comes to waiting around for something to happen or for people to get back to me or if people are late coming to my house when we have plans with them.  But patience isn’t all about waiting.  It is also about being slow to anger.  For me, if I don’t get what I want, my anger and frustration starts building up and within a few short seconds, I am becoming an anger volcano.  I am anything but even keeled. 

I started a new read thru the Bible in a year plan.  It is great and flows together well.  I definitely think that God is trying to tell me something…  every day there are passages on anger.  I never realized how many passages there were on anger.  A lot of Proverbs speak about the folly of anger and then there are Psalms that speak on it…  it is amazing that when you feel convicted about something, you can find it almost everywhere. 

Proverbs 14:17 “A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, And a man of evil devices is hated.”
Proverbs 14:29 “He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who is quick-tempered exalts folly.”

That is just 2 verses in 1 chapter and it is all over the Proverbs.  I know my patience is, and has been a problem in the past.  My anger and annoyance at situations is a lot of times unfounded.  The past few days have been great though.  I have had patience with my children, husband and self (my dogs are still suffering though) and I equate that with a prayer that I started saying before I get out of bed in the morning. 

The prayer that I have started saying is a little different every morning, but goes something like this.  “Lord, I love you, please give me patience and understanding today, let me glorify you in all that I do today and have the fruits of the spirit show through me to the world.  LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS and SELF-CONTROL.”  

I have found on days when I remember to say that prayer before getting up, that by the end of the day I am not as frustrated with my children. When my husband comes home, I am in a better mood.  When you have patience, it can lead to a much more fulfilled life and a life that glorifies God better also.

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