Patience - Not One Of My Finer Points!

I got my Brooks a day early! I was like a kid at Christmas, quickly pulling them out of the box. Then I had to put them on to see if they would really feel like running shoes; and of course they did. I looked a little funny running around the house. But I was so excited I did not even care, and besides who's gonna see me anyway?

In all the excitement I finally realized that they had come a day earlier than they were supposed to. Then it hit me that Thursday is my day off so I can get all my errands done. I have to wait another whole day, til Friday, before I get to put them to the real test! I think my feet literally started itching! But when I do get to try them out Friday, it'll be my long run. Hopefully it will be my longest run yet and a real confidence booster. My half is one week from Sunday and I am getting a little anxious...did I mention I hate waiting?

Waiting can be a fine art you know; and patience, I've heard, is a virtue. I do agree that they must both be developed in us. But why can't we have patience right now? Why can't there be a patient button installed at birth and when we are anxiously awaiting something important or exciting we can push it and just be okay with the waiting?

I am guessing that since it is listed in Galatians 5 as a fruit of the Spirit, it has to be grown, it won't just appear. And waiting is the key feature that causes the process to work properly. But, then we can put that with Isaiah 40:31- they that wait upon the Lord will renew their strength! Okay, so I have convinced myself that waiting isn't all bad and that the end product is not only patience but a regained strength given by the Lord!

...waiting's not so bad since there is real fruit...enjoy your waiting today!

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