Praying for Patience

Every morning for the last 13 mornings on my way to work I pray for patience and a kind heart and kind words. Patience has never been my strong suit. I'm the type that wakes up one morning and decides I want a new car so I go buy a new car. I'm the type that sees a house in the newspaper, go tour it and decide that day I want to buy it. I'm just not a patient person. However, I've been focusing on changing and improving and growing closer to God and patience is something I spend a good amount of time praying about. I feel like it is the one thing that has always stood between me and God.

I've been learning about what God says about patience.

Hebrews 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us

So this morning like any other morning, I prayed. When I got to work it seemed as if everyone was out to hurt my feelings today and tears welled up in my eyes more times than I can count, but I stayed strong and kept focusing on the positive and praying for patience. And I sure did have a lot of awesome things happen to me today. 4 awesome things to be exact. I'll share two now and two later.

I went to the dermatologist today and found out that I have no problems or risks so that was a relief. That was one thing. The second was getting a new phone. I have had an iPhone since the very first one came out in 2007. I always jump and pay outrageous prices to get the most brand Spankin new one. However, when the 5 came out I didn't. I just waited. Today I get a text that says trade your iPhone 4S and get the 5 and I thought surely there must be a catch. So after work I went to check it out. No catches or anything...I backed my phone up, restored the factory settings, handed it over, paid sales tax, bought a car charger and walked out of ATT less $36 and with the 5. Apparently this is a promotion ATT has been running for awhile. Patience pays off.

I then went to get my toes and nails done. I'm headed to see my mom tomorrow and wanted to be in tip top shape. Other than that my evening really hasn't gotten much better but tomorrow is "after all another day" (name that movie).

P.S. having a bad day? Whataburger never disappoints.