Patience and seeking to understand. For most of us, patience does not come naturally - but with Gods help we can work at it. One of the keys to becoming more patient is seeking to understand - either yourself or somebody else better. For example, somebody drives into the back of your car. Now it may be that they were negligent, but it may also be that they have something going on in their life that is consuming them - what if that driver has just heard that his daughter has six weeks to live? How would that change our perspective on him, and how we might treat him? The reality is that nobody is leading a perfect life, without some level of illness, stress or hardship. Try taking a moment to think about somebody who you are at odds with. Now imagine that they have just six weeks left to live. Did your attitude to them change? The reality is that we all live with some kind of weakness or sickness, and these weaknesses affect our abilities to interact with others. One person’s strengths will be very different to the next persons, and so we should never assume that just because something seems relatively easy for us, it is easy for them. Lord, may we be slow to anger and filled with love We know we are going to need your help here Because if we try to go solo on this we will fail for sure Please fill our hearts with patience May we be ready to forgive - ourselves and others Not just once But as many times as it takes Thank you that you are forever giving When it comes to forgiveness Please fill our hearts with understanding May we always seek to contemplate What somebody may be suffering Before we jump to any conclusions Because we know that you never cease To pardon us Lord, may we be slow to anger and filled with love.Amen
Posted on: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 07:34:46 +0000
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