Fruits of the Spirit - Patience

Patience. I think this is one of the fruits of the Spirit that I need to work on accepting and using. 

To be honest... patience is something that I struggle with. There have been times in my life where I have needed to show patience to people but I have not. I have let my own desires come before anything else and got angry or irritated at people for not being faster. I have sometimes struggled to tolerate certain behaviours when all someone may have needed was for someone to show a little understanding and patience to them to help them through struggles. 

I was waiting on a couple of teenagers the other week to take them home and they thought it would be fun to have a bit of a play around and took their time getting ready to leave, and then hid from me. I had no patience at this stage of the day and I just got very irritated at them, I couldn't tolerate their behaviour. After taking them home I realised that some of these girls didn't have the greatest family lives and having that little bit of fun with them, and joking around with them, and just being more patient could have showed them love they don't receive at home. 

Patience is one thing that I know I am going to need a lot more of in the coming weeks as I take on more responsibility within our church dance team and kids creative team. I know however, that God will give me all I need if I ask. 

"The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride" (Ecclesiastes 7:8)

Thankful for: Love

Love is such an important thing in one's life. As I celebrated my birthday today, I had hoped that I would receive phone calls from my family members to show love, but sadly, out of 7 family members, I received only one phone call. It's amazing how much of a difference one phone call can make. For a while, I felt like they I wasn't loved. When you don't feel loved, you begin to feel down. I know that my family loves me and that God loves me so I will get through it, but it just really made me realise how important love is and just how thankful I am for it.