The Virtue of Patience

Patience defined according to Google is, "The capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset."

Lately, I have been put to the test.

The last year and a half has been a complete life changing experience. Jake and I had a beautiful baby girl, who seemingly has turned into a big monster basically overnight, yay for terrible twos!! We've gone through financial issues and lay-offs. One of the hardest most recent ones was a loss of a baby (more on that at a different time) and a new puppy! There have been times throughout all of this where I was able to deal and move through it. Other things have been harder and more challenging. How we respond to situations not only shows, what I believe, what our inner heart is feeling but says something about our faith. Some of the times I didn't keep my cool, it was the result of impatience.

I have failed at the patience test. I am the first to admit.

BUT, what I have come to realize and ask myself is, What if God just lost his patience and gave up on us and just walked away?? He wouldn't here's proof! In 2Peter 3:9 it says, "...He is patient with you..." Galatians 5:22 says, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, PATIENCE, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control." Proverbs 16:32 says, "Better a patient man than a warrior, a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city."

Being impatient has many times ruined my whole day. What I am challenging myself with is to try to have unconditional patience with my husband, daughter, residents at work and everyone else, like God's unconditional patience with me. I am human and I will fail again. But that is where forgivness starts!

The old saying is true..Patience is truly a virtue!

127 Browsers

Welp! Here it goes! I have always thought being classified as a "blogger" would be pretty cool. Writing all these cool, inspitational things and having a whole bunch of people following me and cheering me on. I gave it some thought, even consulted my husband on it. Having a smart phone and all of its glory, I stay pretty busy between Facebook, Pintrest and of course the new craze, Candy Crush. So you can imagine the kind of respose I got from him when I mentioned something else to consume my time.

Being a woman AND a mother, my brain is basically in overdrive. I saw this quote one time that said something along the lines of, being a woman is like having 127 browsers open all at once. As I read that I said to  myself, YES that is so right. My husband will mention something that needs to be done by next week, right before I fall asleep. I literally ask myself under my breath, "Is he trying to kill me?" So then I am thinking of that, say it has to do with paying a bill by a certian time. Then I think Oh crap! Where is that money going to come from? Then I think, well maybe I should work more, oh but working more means more time away from Jake and Shaylee. Let more browsers be opened!

So I don't overload my husband with my browsers or hold them inside wondering what to do with all the information I have opened, I have finally created a blog! I guess that makes me offical... I am now a blogger! :)