Home Economics was a bit of a challenge for me, but not in the way that you’d think. I didn’t struggle with sewing as much as I struggled with the idea of making a simple potholder or a bag. I came into the class with high hopes of designing new clothes. I wanted jeans, jackets, and dresses, but instead, we learned the basics, which meant that we started with straight lines and simple squares.
Like anything else in life, I had to prepare for the complicated projects by practicing the simples ones first. In other words, I had to learn patience to hone in on my skill.
Patience doesn’t come easy, but it’s a virtue that can and should be exercised daily. In fact, there’s a constant call to patience in every one of our lives.
It’s holding back anger when someone is getting on your nerves.
It’s being kind when we disagree with our spouse.
It’s waiting for a bus that we just missed.
It’s burning your eggs and starting over again.
It’s grabbing a book when the internet is down.
It’s waiting for a friend who’s stuck in traffic.
All without complaint.
Practicing a little patience prepares us for the bigger things in life. And I assure you, there will be bigger things. Situations that call us to exercise patience and find joy when joy is hard to find. Difficult days that bring us down to our knees in prayer and supplication as we wait upon the Lord. Days when the weight is heavy and the road ahead is long.
Practicing a little patience will help prepare us for those days.
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Tilling the Soil
Choose your response to stress and difficult situations wisely by exercising patience. Notice the many times you’re called to exercise patience in a day, and remember that each time you do, you’re growing in virtue and strength.
Planting Hope
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. (Ecclesiastes 7:9, KJV)
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DARLENE SCHACHT is an award-winning and NYT best-selling author. She is the founder of Time-Warp Wife Ministries, an online publication that encourages women to live Christ-centered lives.
Her passion for scripture and hunger for truth is the driving force behind a unique ministry that offers Bible studies and daily marriage prayers. Darlene is joined by her husband Michael on the daily podcast “5-Minute Marriage.”
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