Could I be any more impatient?

Published about 1 month ago • 1 min read

Hey Reader!

Do you struggle with impatience? Man, when it comes to my kids, I really struggle here.

I want to get on with things and my kids seem to want to experience the joy and wonder of each moment. Lol.

There's a big lesson right in the middle of there.

Sometimes I realize it and other times I'm oblivious.

For example:

My son wants to use the seat belt as a bungee cord for escaping the car.
My daughter wants to go out my door instead of her door just for the adventure of it.
My older son wants to show me the train station he's built out of Magnatiles.

I ~~have learned~~ am learning to hear when they are marveling at the beauty of life and to listen. There's a lot I have to learn from them. But I have to have eyes to look and ears to listen.

Which gets me back to impatience.

My husband, the Episcopal priest, has masterfully tied together the meaning of Ash Wednesday (today!) and how God helps us with our impatience in this sermon/homily/blog post.

See how the Corinthian Church who said, “Give it to us now!” might hit closer to home than we'd like! ;)

Ash Wednesday Homily | Ash Wednesday Sermon | Ash Wednesday The Way of the Cross | Via Crucis

In Him,

Keeley

PS. Learn how Ash Wednesday and impatience get worked out together here.

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