Patience

This morning as my mind wandered (which it does a lot), I started thinking again about who I want to be and what I want to accomplish with my life. Ugh. That sounds so selfish. (It's not meant to). First and foremost, I want God's will. I want what God has for me. I want to be who He wants me to be. I want to live as He would have me live. I've got a long way to go in this area.

Today I've been thinking about patience. My devotion this morning was on patience and how good things are worth the wait. I want more patience in my life. I hesitate to say that because the only way to gain patience is to learn to wait for things. Right now the biggest area I want to learn patience in is with the boys. They try my patience daily and usually by 7 am I've had what I think is enough.

I don't think my boys are overly rambunctious, overly defiant, or overly anything. I think they are normal boys, and most of the time really good boys. I'm the one with the problem. I'm selfish with my time. I like things to go my way. As anyone with kids knows, your time is not your own and things rarely go as planned.

Mrs. Jo over at The King's Missus does posts on "Gentle Mothering". I can't tell you how refreshing it is to have a mother be so honest about the difficulties of parenting. As I scrolled through some of her posts today, one in particular caught my attention. It held this verse:

Colossians 3:12
And so, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience;

Darn, there's that "P" word again. It's like I can't get away from it. In all honesty, I don't want to get away from it. I want to learn it. I think I need to put it on a 3 x 5 index card and put it somewhere highly visible today!