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IBS 13 - Colossians 1:11

Colossians 1:11
“Being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience.”
I can’t be patient without God. I can’t do anything without God. I was not born a patient person. I was actually born a month early because I’m so impatient. I used to get mad when I would get impatient, and I’d get in a lot of trouble for it. Patience is something I’ve had to work on my whole life. 
For me, it isn’t just waiting your turn or something, it’s living in the moment you have. I get impatient for the future. Wherever I’m at in the present, I become restless and I can’t wait for what’s to come. That’s not good. I focus so much on my future that I’m not living in the present. God has shown me so many times that I don’t need to think about life ahead, I need to be patient for that, and live completely in the time God’s provided for me now. I look back to when I was younger and I see this little girl dreaming of the day she’d be a teen, in high school, driving, graduating. I was so impatient and wanted the future to be now. Even being here in Ignite I think about my field placement and I’m growing impatient to get there. I have so much growing, though, and I need to be patient for that time. God needs to teach me so many more lessons in these next two months that I don’t have time to think about the future.  
I’ve learned that the time we have is all we get. I can’t be impatient for what the future holds and I need to love the moment I’m in. Patience is key and is something I have to work on everyday. 


Application: I’ll write patience on my arm to remind me that I need to have this gift. To live in the moment as much as possible. Thalia will hold me accountable and make sure patience is written on my arm all through out the day and that I’m practicing patience. 

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