Patience is not one of my best qualities. Most of the people I know and love will tell you that if they could sum what I do not have in one word, patience would be at the top of that list. Lately, God has been working on my heart to test everything that I can be patient about. And I mean everything...
This last weekend has been a prime example of God working in my life to test my patience. He has done what ever is possible to test my patience with work, family, friends, and those at church.
1) Work: I have never had so many things go wrong in one kitchen with my orders in one night. The worst part? Seeing our food runner not care, our grill guy not care, and our culinary manager place bets on the steak temperature knowing it wasn't right. Trust me, not a fun sight...
2) Family: I love my family, to the end of my days I will always love them. But sometimes I push them, sometimes they push me. I won't go too into detail, but lately, I've been tested by God to have patience and remember they are human just like me...
3) Friends: My "friends" at USC were things that you could toss quotations around. They were mainly just people to have fun with, nothing too close to having any substantial friendship with. Worst part? Was me thinking these "friends" would last. Not a chance
4) Church: The last two days I have been worn out physically, which takes away from me mentally, which finally drains me spiritually as a result since I am weaker to the enemy
So, 1 is not that bad. With 2, I could definetely work on that. For 3 though, that is a almost closed case as a lot of people that I were "cool with at USC were not good for me. With 4, I really need to learn to control my feelings and also to realize what the real mission is for me at church and to avoid things that may detract from that
Song: "Marvelous Light"-Charlie Hall
awesome song!
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