Today I did a word study on Patience for my “Bless my mind” activity. Why did I have to choose patience? EEeewww…. it made me squirm. I’ve had little to no patience lately. Why? I dunno… just everything has been ‘buggen me’.
After an intense study around the web, here is my paraphrase definition of patience: it is a capacity to endure inconvenience, and or delay, while NOT complaining. Possibly with a smile too!
OUCH! I may not complain to others, but my mind sure has a lot of complaints when I’m inconvenienced. My thought processes are full of negative junk. No wonder I feel discontent. I’m not patient in so many areas of my life. This will be a discipline worth the work it will take to master.
Here is my activity journal for today:
- Do something for someone else (who will I bless today?) – Called my sister in law, Dawn and invited her to be my friend for an invitation I received to a jewelry party on Friday. She was thrilled. I’m excited to spend some extra time with her.
- Do something for myself (how will I bless me?) - Took a bath with Himalayan salt, and meditated about loving God with all my heart, soul, and strength.
- What is one thing I don’t want to do that needs to be done? (as Brian Tracy says ‘eat that frog’) I started this series. Have been too afraid to start it, fearing I’ll fail. But that’s not going to happen.
- What will i do to bless my body? (exercise) alas! I did not do any blessing of my body today! I was too busy doing other things to take time. My bad. I will to better tomorrow.
- What will i do to bless my mind? (mental exercise) – word study on patience, it isn’t just about tolerating, it’s about putting up with another’s ways and still accepting them for who they are – a loved child of God, just as I am. Talk about a humbling wake up call.
- What is my Daily thanksgiving prayer? (things i am thankful for at the end of my day) Lord, thank you for running water. It is something I take for granted, but is not available to everyone in the world. It’s something simple, but such a blessing. Thank you for grand children who live across the street. Some people have never had the honor and pleasure of seeing their grands every day. Lastly this evening, thank you for the lesson in patience today. I see that I need to discipline my thoughts, taking each one captive to Your will and Your standards, not my own.
Have a blessed day!
Oh Cee, Thank you for sharing this….I am having a hard time with someone right now I need to be patient with this person….Lisa
I’m glad it helped, Lisa. I think for me, the hardest part about being patient is that I must filter my feelings through the knowledge that this person I’m irritated with is a loved child of God just like me, and they deserve the same kindness given to them that I would like myself. Talk about s-t-r-e-t-c-h-i-n-g my spiritual muscles. Let me know if I can help in any way.