I used to be a really patient person. I still am to a point. But since about 1996 I've not been so much so like I was before....( the before is a whole 'nother blog that I'll probably never do). I want my kids to pick up the toys "now", I want them to come "now", I want my school kids to perform "now", to turn in their homework "now". I want the tree guys to come "now" to finish the job they started Sunday after the tree fell across David's car...doing more damage than we thought. I want the weight to fall off "now"...and so on and so on. You get the idea.
I like to play the piano. Don't get to much anymore, but I like to play. My dad wanted me to go to Bob Jones and major in piano. I didn't feel the tug of my heart going in that direction. I wanted to be an elementary education major. So, minor in piano performance? uh nooooooo..I wanted to minor in Coaching. ( I hear the laughs....I didn't always use to look like I do now...and I coached Volleyball for nine years..even did a camp with my husband, thank you very much!) I own a piano in my home. I have a piano at my mom's that my dad gave me. I have a baby grand piano stored in Norton, VA in the basement of a friend's home....I have pump organ that was my grandmother's that is in my mom's home that will one day be mine....I have 1o fingers that don't have time to play one piano let alone 3 and an old pump organ. I really want the piano from Norton...I'm not very patient. It's been stored 3 years....moving that thing will be a job all the way to Johnson City...I want it now....I have no place for it....but I know when I do finally achieve that goal of getting it here, then I'll probably not be patient about how long restoring it will take....that takes money and time. We are never satisfied as humans, are we? Always something more to be done, achieved, acquired.
Sometimes I chuckle when I think about the Lord's return. Not that it's "funny" , just that we humans are fickle. We want him to come "after we have gone to college" or "after we've gotten married and had kids" or "after we've had a career". Some people never watch and look nust living like we'll be here forever...some people give a "glance" occasionally and then go back to everyday life, and a few are impatient with it.."Ok Lord...today would be a good day, you said you'd come back...anytime now!" I wonder if we are as "ready" to go as we think we are....saved, yes, but ready? Ready to give an answer for what we've done with our time here..that's a sobering thought. We have much to do and most likely so little time. Sometime we have the time, we just don't manage it well. ( I'm preaching to myself )
I guess we should be about the Father's business and let Him be about His...
"I go to prepare a place for you....."...he said that some time ago . Can you imagine what a place it must be? I have friends who are building houses...I know they feel like it's been a long wait to get in those houses. I can't even imagine what our "mansion" in heaven must be like if he's been away preparing it for this long. After all, we're talking about God here...the same ONE who SPOKE the world's into existence.....
Patience? I'm still working on that one. This week it's being patient with the men in my home while I still don't feel great. Being patient witht he tree guys who have yet to come remove the tree we are supposed to be paying them to cut down and remove...( did I mention the city removed most of it and my husband raked up the rest....so why are we paying them??? sorry..got of track! grin) Trying to be patient when I go to 5th grade at school and they don't seem to get the "NO TALKING" rule that I know they've had since day one
I think the "wait" will be worth it, the being patient yet looking part, when we see what Jesus has in store for us..he's been away a long time preparing "that place"...can you imagine what it must be like???
Until then....It's off to labor a little more, watch a littler longer, and be patience a little while yet still....
( How long does one have to be patient when the tree guys say they'll be back Monday and this is Wednesday????????????? Just checking)
5 comments:
Hey Luanne!!!
I'm so glad you came by and read my post of guilt! :) Please don't judge me...just kidding...I did kind of freak out when you said you were a teacher! YIKES!
Love your blog. Hope you have a good day! And, I promise to let my child do all his school work from here on out. ;)
Hugs~
Fran
Great post...I needed it today. This week I set out on a journey to find a few furniture pieces. I got impatient yesterday and bought some night stands at Grand. Woke up this morning wishing I had kept looking and felt like I had settled just because I wanted it...now. Of course, I don't have it...now...they just have my money...now. I've got to pick it up and since it looked like rain today...I didn't get to go get them...now. Anyway, I actually got so frustrated and I have slept so little that I overate...now...and have a stomach ache. That's what I get for not going to class tonight. Sorry for confession time....but your post was very convicting. Hope you have a good day tomorrow.
I hear ya on the patience level. Mine is set very low- I know it's because of all I want/need/try to get done in a day.
I do realize that some of that stuff can wait- but my kids and husband cant. Even though I am doing everything for them (cooking, cleaning, laundry) they want TIME with me.
When my patience level dissolves, I try to remember to take a deep breath and think- the kids will be gone soon, enjoy them now
Hey, thanks for stopping by my blog yesterday! I look forward to coming back to yours too!
Patience isn't one of my virtues either Luann. I think that's because we want results and we feel we've done what is needed to get them.
I can also see you being a coach. I didn't laugh at all. My guess is that you'd be a very successful coach. It's not all about wins and losses either. You'd be successful because you'd have the respect of your players and would teach them "life lessons" through volleyball, or whatever you would coach. That's true success!
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