Patience 101: Another Confession

One more week... that short yet painstakingly long to wait. ~ mlca

Oh dear! retaking patience 101... Honestly, I’m no expert when it comes to patience... I fail most of the time. Regardless of the many forms of it...like waiting for your turn in the lonnnnnnnngggggggg queue coz the other end is slowpoke, waiting for your order coz  the cashier tries to multitask, waiting for students to submit their requirement coz they have that harum-scarum attitude and you are beating the deadline for the submission of grades, or waiting for my husband to come home especially, since it takes him 4 hours to travel home,… those sorts of waiting-- not just waiting for trivial things to go by… what peeves me and completely blows my “good-natured tolerance” off is when you set a date and your date (my spouse for that matter) arrives 40 minutes late…and come to think of it that it is a weekly thingy. There is no room to overlook, right? Yeah, this confession is something that I am not proud of…

Prayer

Prayer is somehow thought as a discipline than a lifestyle, because some people [if not most] find praying difficult. I am not expert on this subject matter… In fact I am still fine-tuning my habit in this aspect… It is my desire that my prayer life will meet God in a higher plane… that I mean—my prayer will transude more than just talking, imploring, confiding, reaching, unwrapping, and interceding [every now and then]… I do wish that my praying is like breathing ---hardwired, involuntary, genuine, reflexive, spontaneous, unsophisticated and exceedingly wonted. That is my yearning.

I read this quote which is very solacing… it says:

Prayer is not a discourse. It is a form of life, the life with God. That is why it is not confined to the moment of verbal statement. --Jacques Ellul

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The Experience

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I would just like to share the experience that my husband and I had when we set up our Christmas tree. It wasn't something so grand, for now we just had this tall Christmas tree that John and I together with the kids, and my sister too, corporately made.

It was innovatively conceptualized by all of us- made from yarn with a basket as our base. The kids helped measured the yarn, and my sister made the poinsettias decorated around the basket and placed the stars around the Christmas tree. John and finished making our tree past 2 am.

We placed the gifts inside the tree. Kids are so excited and are marking the calendar already. Though I still have a few items to buy and wrap. I am going to do that tomorrow. 

Blessed

I was surfing some praise and worship songs... I do this every time I am enjoying my time out. I just love to listen to Leeland or third day or hillsongs or Chris Tomlin or Sonicflood or casting crowns [the list could go on] online. It is better this way than downloading it all because my PC does not have enough space to store my music. As i googled, I came across this old favorite PW song. I used to sing this song way back... Blessed Be your Name.

Well, I am in the midst of difficulty [just so you know] ... and being in this season, I sometimes find it hard to focus and do my quiet time... there are moments that I would come to reason that it is okay not to talk to God because I simply cant... because no matter how I tried... I find myself blank and empty... but when you are used to it... you will just go through the motion, just like washing your face when you wake up and brush your teeth. When habits are formed, it is hard to break... So I did it anyway. I do my quiet time, I read... but praising God with all my heart and with the contents of my heart... that is so hard to fake.

So going back to what I was doing-- googling PW Songs. I stumbled on this music video, like I said my old fave one, so I eagerly clicked and listened... in the midst of enjoying the song... I began to be reminded that regardless of my circumstance... God is worthy of all praise. Worshiping the Lord is not reserved when situations are good... because at all times, God is good. Bad times are inevitable... but it is a personal choice to worship God in the midst of difficulty. It is hard but you have a lot of reason to thank God still. Plus knowing your position in Christ is one good reason to thank God for.