PATIENCE

As we prepare to approach the holiday season, shopping lines will get longer, produce items will be harder to find, family members will start scheduling your time, and your workload and "to do lists" will seem heavier and longer. As a result, it's going to be imperative that we exercise that much dreaded word: Patience!

For some reason, it seems so difficult to be "patient" in the midst of the impending hustle and bustle. I must admit, I LOVE being in the rat-race of the holiday season, particularly if there isn't anything in particular that I'm looking for. It's something about the holiday season that is "fun" to me. It's probably because those who are usually not as nice, tend to be a bit nicer during this time, and people tend to be more mindful as to how they treat one another.

Nevertheless, with whatever you may be facing in the coming weeks, you must remember to walk in patience. Patience entails endurance and tolerance. In fact, it is so important, that it is even a manifestation of the Fruit of the Spirit. In other words, if we are truly walking in the spirit, then we should be exemplifying Patience. (See Galatians 5:22).

So, let's determine that we won't major on the minors. We will let the "main thing" be the main thing, and we won't sweat the small stuff! We will be patient, enduring, tolerant, forebearing, non-complaining, amenable, self-controlled, and willing to go with the flow! Who knows.....it just might work!