Patience

It's interesting to see the kind of people that walk into Family Christian Stores. Most of them are amazing. Sweet, kind-hearted, patient, funny.... but a handful a day are rude and impatient and just plain MEAN. It is very hard for me to have a good day after those kind of people come in.

Why do we let impatient people get to us? Isn't that being impatient? If we let them ruin our day, then we get an attitude and become the same kind of person that just annoyed the crap out of us. I don't think thats what we want to happen. But it is so so sooo hard to keep a good attitude towards someone who comes in and thinks the world revolves around them.

"12Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity." Colossians 3:11-15

I like how patience is last. Probably because it's the hardest of all those things. To have patience you have to bear with each other...be patient..forgive grievances...patience...Jesus forgives us and has patience with us each day...so we must do that in return. I had a struggle today with patience. I am prayerful that God will help me have patience like he has towards me.