A Watched Pot

patience is a virtue;
a virtue being a behavior showing the highest of moral standards;
concerned with the principles of right and wrong.

this present day here and now society
is an impairment to this very idea of waiting. what are we waiting for?
information is literally at the tips of our fingertips. we have come from
ink & pen, pony express, pigeon letters, telegrams, the radio, telephones,
and so on an so forth.
we had to physically write our thoughts down, package them and in time the
receipt would receive the important or non-important information.
however, today we don’t even have to press buttons, everything is
virtually accessible with the slight presence and swipe our our greasy
little fingers.
weather, sports, news, tv, social media, reservations, reminders, alarms,
notes, task-lists, games, instant messaging, email, web surfing, and so on
are all immediately accessed.

we are not patient as a society. when was the last time we were OK with
waiting at a red light, spending more than five waiting for our food,
spending time in a meeting or service without planning our first moments
after dismissal.
for me it has been a while.

for me patience may be the single most important thing that i have learned
this past year.

waiting for the important issue to surface to have patience in knowing
that God has a plan for me and that I do not need to be in control of
every little aspect.

we all need to learn that a watched pot will eventually boil, yet it will
take time. and not to bring you any astonishment but one thing that all
men posses is; time.

ciao.

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