{"id":8446,"date":"2012-04-11T17:59:01","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T22:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=8446"},"modified":"2013-01-01T18:55:50","modified_gmt":"2013-01-01T23:55:50","slug":"why-you-dont-need-patience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/why-you-dont-need-patience\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Don’t Need Patience"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Let's-Go-Shopping\"<\/a>
\n Photo Credit: James Vaughan<\/a> via Compfight<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n

This is the 2nd consecutive month that I took a day for a prayer retreat at the same Jesuit Spiritual Retreat Center. I couldn’t recommend it more highly. This time I took a friend along. After we arrived, we went our separate ways, and met up later to talk a little about our insights, prayer time, and Scripture reading.<\/p>\n

I’ll share one of them with you. I was struggling with some frustration and impatience. It’s mostly the ordinary stuff that involve being a mom, a wife, a writer, and the parent of a special needs boy. It’s the kind of thing that becomes distracting, and hinders my reactions, thoughts, and feelings toward my family. They might get the the spillover when I can’t handle the chaos of the day.<\/p>\n

So, this was nagging at me to talk to God about, and I did just that. It didn’t hurt that I was sitting in the sun, and the pink trees was blossoming fully. I was ready to listen. And just as soon as I get it out I heard in my spirit, “It’s okay. You don’t have to be patient.” I didn’t saying or do anything, because it sounded absurd. Thankfully there was some followup, “You can draw from my patience. I have enough for you. You don’t need yours. You can use mine. Then, you won’t be so tired.”<\/p>\n

I had to admit it sounded nice. It felt like freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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