Love is patient. . .

I always found it humorous that in that infamous and most significant verse, the first thing that is said is, "Love is patient". God knew that this is one the major tests of of love in every avenue. In a disagreement, you can have patience and hear them out. GIving someone room and the time they need instead making things be in your own time. When you fall in love and want to rush to the alter before you know them. When you're waiting for the man you're in love with to propose. The Lord paints a beautiful picture with the use of patience. So many of us are in a hurry or we want things to be in our own time, sometimes feeling as though that allows us to control the outcome. Obviously, we are not in control. That is God's clever way of reminding us how we need him and how we are not in control. The joke's on me though. That has been one of my biggest struggles. I have been patiently reminded by the Lord, that I am simply not in control no matter how hard I try. My lack of patience has resulted in two tickets. One failing to follow the speed limit and another failing to stop completly when making a turn:( My patience level is something I am always working on and it comes out in ridiculous ways. On the way to Chris and I's favorite restaraunt, I was trying plan out what we would order even before we got there. It's a small thing, but a bigger one would have to be my planning a wedding before I'm even engaged. Technically, I have been planning my whole life (I'm one of the those girl's), but I began planning more seriously, recently when I found myself with more time and the possibility of being engaged was getting closer. I am not engaged yet and I need to practice more patience in that area. I think we all do. You'd be suprised how much it could change your life. It will dramatically improve your relationships. The Lord gave that as the into to his love verse for its significance and if used properly, for its life-changing potential. Use it wisely and you be blessed and frustrated, but then blessed again.