More Patience--Day 167/Day 16/Day 27/Day 5

Interesting yesterday's title was patience and my patience with others was really tried tonight. The Studying the Bible class was tonight, but I had a first aid and CPR class that would last till 7, which is when the class starts. Since the church is only about 7 or 8 minutes from my work, that was fine, until I realized that in our small class of 6, there was at least one person who had no where to go when the class was over. Time was not of the essence. I would explain further, but it would go against what I'm trying to do with this blog. It's not about breaking down the negative, dwelling on it or even writing it down.

I prayed for patience. I really did. Someone may have thought I was sleeping for a about 30 seconds or so. It helped for a bit until I quit focusing on Him and resumed focusing on him. I think sometimes with patience, it may take more than one prayer. It may take a prayer to get me refocused on Him and then a determination to remain focused.

Kim and I read chapter 5 tonight of A Purpose Driven Life. That was kind of a surprise. It was late and we were both very tired and I thought we may not read it, but Kim had it on the bed before we even put the kids to bed. In the first couple days, I asked if she was enjoying it and if she thought it would help. It was yes on both counts. She is making an effort to point out different things in it. She pointed out an italicized part of the book and said "That's you." Once I got to that part, I read it, but didn't understand what she meant. She mentioned something I had said a while ago about giving all the glory to God, and not taking any credit ourselves. I read the passage again. Ahhhhhh. I see now. God is Good.

As an aside it is interesting Adam mentioned the story of Jacob and Rachael from Genesis earlier today. We went over the story in about the same amount of detail in class tonight. Angela went over the story of Joseph, Jacob's son, and his coat of many colors, during counsel (story) time during Awana's last night. Jacob and Rachael were mentioned again in chapter 5 tonight.

I added a bunch of Leeland songs to the playlist. "Opposite Way" is not available for the playlist, but it is available on THEIR SITE. They have a couple videos on that page where they talk about getting involved in going the "opposite way" of society and evangelizing to others. Leeland, the lead singer, gets pretty impassioned at one point (actually, they always seem pretty impassioned), and when he's done talking, Jack, another band member starts talking. If you watch Leeland, he looks over to Jack, puts his head down, dabs a tear out of the corner of his eye, and then looks back at the camera. You can tell how intense he had been as he was talking. That great to see out of young people or people of any age when talking about Him.

Glory be to Him.