I don't get the luxury of enjoying impatience.

I don't get the luxury of enjoying impatience.  What???   How did I miss that one?   I thought I could imbibe of righteous impatience and it was okay.   SON OF A GUN!!!  But I was offended!!   The contractor said he would be here at 8:30 am.   I got up EARLY (for me anyway).   It is now after ten and he is still not here.   Ironically I had just spoken with his boss yesterday about contractors not showing up.

I figured, well, might as well take this chance to get my prayer time.

I could have slept in, I get so annoyed when my sleep is affected.   I get cranky and I can't function well...  whine, whine, whine, whine.

"SILENCE!   Seek to know Me and then to do My will in ALL things.   Stay in My love, an atomosphere of loving understanding to ALL MEN.   This is your part to do, and I protect you from evil.   This protection is fashioned by your own attitude of mind, words, and deeds towards others.   Don't let one worrying thought or impatient thought enter your mind.   Love Me. Trust Me.  Worry and Impatience impede My Spirit flow in your life.   Persevere.  Never lose heart.   All is well."  

IMPATIENCE IS NOT a reflection of God's Presence.  He has had mercy on me over and over and over.....   He has blotted out my sins.   Seventy times seven.  

Love is Patient.   HOW DID I MISS THAT ONE??   Somehow I thought I had the RIGHT to be impatient!

Hopefully others will have mercy and patience on me when I mess up!  I know I will continue to disappoint others, often times unintentionally...  I hope they will be able to forgive me!!




  Matthew 18:25

The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant

²¹ Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?”

²² Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.<sup>[a]

23</sup> “Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. ²⁴ As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold^[b] was brought to him. ²⁵ Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.

²⁶ “At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’ ²⁷ The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.

²⁸ “But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins.^[c] He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded.

²⁹ “His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’

³⁰ “But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. ³¹ When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened.

³² “Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. ³³ Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’ ³⁴