Patience Practice

I had a fairly long day on the road yesterday. It wasn't helped by two traffic delays, one caused by construction, another due to a fender bender. Such is life.

They were aggravating enough as it were, but even that was complicated. Neither time did my phone app which was supposed to alert me to delays actually inform me of the backups. Technology is great until it doesn't work. Then, we have our patience tried.

I have said quite seriously and honestly that I pray for patience. Apparently the Almighty is taking me at my word by trying it. I believe He is demonstrating that to learn patience we must be faced by incidents which call for it. 

Well played. Now I simply must put the plan into action. I can't say much else, because I asked for it.

Grant Me Patience

I have found in the last year or so that I'm having trouble keeping my temper. Consequently, I have begun to pray for greater patience. In the two weeks since I began doing that, I find my patience tried almost every day, several times a day.

What is that, irony or something? Or is it that, if a fella truly wants to learn patience, he must have his patience tested? 

That second part makes sense. But it's really getting under my skin just the same.