God's Patience
The last two weeks have been
challenging with Timmy having a serious ear infection and our
internet being down for 3 days. That's why there was no blog last
week. Thankfully Timmy is now feeling better and we are back
on-line!
During Timmy's illness, I had an experience that spoke to me about God's patience. It was last Tuesday morning and Timmy was refusing to take his medicine. Now, I will tell you that these antibiotics taste terrible so it is understandable why he would be resistant. I even added chocolate sauce to them to make them taste less horrible!
We ended up in a situation where Timmy hid himself to try avoid the medicine. He basically cornered himself in as there were two walls and the side of the bookshelf blocking him in. Once I found him, I sat down on the fourth side so he couldn't run away from me again. I had realized that forcing him to take him medicine wouldn't work as he would just spit it up or spill it by knocking my hand as I moved the spoon towards his mouth so I took the only other option available to me – waiting.
As I sat there waiting, I thought of how patient God is, how He is willing to wait for us, and what great love He has in order to be so patient. I remembered the phrase “unlimited patience” and looked it up in my concordance.
1 Timothy 1:15-16 NIV (1984)
Paul is speaking....
“Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners--of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his unlimited patience as an example for those who would believe on him and receive eternal life.”
Can you imagine having unlimited patience with anyone? I can't. With Timmy, after waiting for about 15 minutes, I ended up appealing to his desire to go to the library and he quickly took his medicine so he wouldn't be late for his library story time class.
But God's patience is immense. It is great and it is perfect. This is because He loves us so much.
Why don't you join me in taking some time to reflect on the Lord's patience with you? I am confident that it will lead you to give Him thanks and praise.
In Christ,
Tracy
During Timmy's illness, I had an experience that spoke to me about God's patience. It was last Tuesday morning and Timmy was refusing to take his medicine. Now, I will tell you that these antibiotics taste terrible so it is understandable why he would be resistant. I even added chocolate sauce to them to make them taste less horrible!
We ended up in a situation where Timmy hid himself to try avoid the medicine. He basically cornered himself in as there were two walls and the side of the bookshelf blocking him in. Once I found him, I sat down on the fourth side so he couldn't run away from me again. I had realized that forcing him to take him medicine wouldn't work as he would just spit it up or spill it by knocking my hand as I moved the spoon towards his mouth so I took the only other option available to me – waiting.
As I sat there waiting, I thought of how patient God is, how He is willing to wait for us, and what great love He has in order to be so patient. I remembered the phrase “unlimited patience” and looked it up in my concordance.
1 Timothy 1:15-16 NIV (1984)
Paul is speaking....
“Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners--of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his unlimited patience as an example for those who would believe on him and receive eternal life.”
Can you imagine having unlimited patience with anyone? I can't. With Timmy, after waiting for about 15 minutes, I ended up appealing to his desire to go to the library and he quickly took his medicine so he wouldn't be late for his library story time class.
But God's patience is immense. It is great and it is perfect. This is because He loves us so much.
Why don't you join me in taking some time to reflect on the Lord's patience with you? I am confident that it will lead you to give Him thanks and praise.
In Christ,
Tracy
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