Passionate Patience

This is similar to a word that I have used before, but this time I am talking about being passionate about being patience. This is so hard. I find myself going through it at this time in my life. I find that I am having to be patient in everything that I am facing and doing. I am having to "let go and let God." I am having to just enjoy my moments in life rather than think about or worry about the future. I find myself having to be aware of the moments right before me to be able to grow. I find more and more that I am turning my back on what the world thinks makes happiness.

Everything that goes into a life of pleasing God has been miraculously given to us by getting to know, personally and intimately, the One who invited us to God. The best invitation we ever received! We were also given absolutely terrific promises to pass on to you—your tickets to participation in the life of God after you turned your back on a world corrupted by lust.
So don't lose a minute in building on what you've been given, complementing your basic faith with good character, spiritual understanding, alert discipline, passionate patience, reverent wonder, warm friendliness, and generous love, each dimension fitting into and developing the others. With these qualities active and growing in your lives, no grass will grow under your feet, no day will pass without its reward as you mature in your experience of our Master Jesus. Without these qualities you can't see what's right before you, oblivious that your old sinful life has been wiped off the books. 2 Peter 1:3-9

We all must work on our day to day behavior, understanding how spirituality is a way of life - not seperate from life. We must be alert in every situation do that we can exercise disciplines we have learned. This requires patience, wonder, kindness, and love. To truly be kind to those around me - the waiter at where I will have lunch today - I must be aware and alert in the moment to my spiritual life, my thoughts, to be able to act in love and kindness. If we, if I can do this, we are always growing in our spiritual life with our Master. This requires us to have passionate patience. In this world of drive thru meals and solutions to life problems, not many people are really ready to live a life of patience, much less be passionate about it. We actually grow faster with patience rather than attempting to speed this process up. Slow down your life and your thoughts today. Enjoy patience and let it be your teacher. Be passionate about patience today. Drive with the flow of traffic, wait in the line with no frustration, and let others take their time. See how you feel and see what you learn.

Namaste'