Wow, pretty vague statement, huh? So, I asked, what does that mean? And immediately what came to mind is Paul’s letter to Corinthians. “Love is patient, love is kind . ..” and so on. From my studies of Paul’s letters, apparently the community that he was writing to in Corinth were quite the party people. I imagine that he was trying to give them some guidelines about how to follow the message of Jesus and he knew that to say be loving would not be enough. There is actually a lot more in this particular letter but for today I am going to focus on the love part because to be honest, as I said to myself, “Love is patient”, I realized that I can stop there. Patience–something that takes courage. It means a waiting, a trusting, a believing that all will turn out as it should, that something greater is at work and the result is not entirely dependent upon me making it happen. It means breathing and leaving room for others. I constantly have to practice patience each day, so I guess that is my assignment for today. How can I be patient with the little moments of life? When I am sitting in traffic, when the person in the grocery line ahead of me is searching for their wallet, when the person at Starbucks doesn’t know what they want (seriously?–it’s the same menu every day, don’t you know I have somewhere more important to be!) The idea of being love today for me will be to trust that where I am in the moment is exactly where I am supposed to be, that I am exactly who I am supposed to be and there is no where else to be but this moment. And to be honest, when I remember that I am connected to God because God is a gift of the moment–right here, right now. I even get to be patient that perhaps this blog isn’t as “perfect” as I would like it to be. How can you experience love (patience) a.k.a. God today? I wish you many opportunities to do so, even if for just one moment today. Peace~Colleen
P.S.–I have to give a shout-out to God for the little gift yesterday. As I practiced being gentle I had the opportunity to get a little temporary tatoo on my shoulder (I know, totally random, right?–love when God shows up that way) of a butterfly–talk about gentle and beautiful. Thank you for that little gift.
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