Apparently, I Prayed for Patience
Again, I didn’t pray for patience! I did pray for godly character, though. And guess what? Patience is part of godly character.
My husband was out of town on a work trip, so the girls and I were on dog duty. Mornings are rough at my house, so I thought I would be the nice mom and take care of dog duty one morning.
I decided to wear a dress to work that day, so I threw on my husband’s wind pants over my dress, looking like an Oompa Loompa, and waddled out to the kennel. I was also wearing my daughter’s muck boots—without socks—and they were a size too small.
We have two dogs. The younger one is very energetic. I let them out of the kennel to run while I filled their bowls. When they were eating, I noticed they had dumped both water buckets. Back into the kennel I went to fill the buckets. I put the second bucket down, and they immediately dumped it. Back to fill it again.
After finally filling both buckets, I grabbed a couple of treats to get them back into the kennel. The young and spunky one ate both treats, while Clover, our older dog, refused to go in.
At this point, I called my daughters in as reinforcements—with more treats. We finally got both dogs back in the kennel and made it out the door a few minutes late.
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about James 1:5 and asking God for wisdom when I wasn't sure what to write about. This week, I ended up right back in James.
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” — James 1:2-4
I wouldn't exactly call a chaotic morning with the dogs a trial. But it was a pretty good test of my patience. And it was only 7:30 a.m.
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