Monday, January 20, 2014
Dear
brothers and sisters, be patient as you wait for the Lord’s return. Consider the farmers who patiently wait for
the rains in the fall and in the spring. They eagerly look for the valuable harvest to
ripen. You, too, must be
patient. Take courage, for the coming of
the Lord is near. James 5:7 - 8 (NLT)
In Jacksonville, Florida two decades ago, I read about 5 year-old Tommy
Stowell. Tommy was on a very long
Christmas shopping excursion with his Mom, Linda. He thought he deserved a reward for being so
good, so he nagged Linda for a toy. She
refused.
On the way home Tommy sulked for a while. Then, kneeling down behind the driver's seat,
Tommy cupped his hands over his mouth, and said in the deepest, booming voice a
5 year-old could muster, Linda, this is God. You should buy Tommy whatever he wants.[1]
Despite how life seems to trudge along sometimes, don't get
impatient. Impersonating God, trying to
call the shots, run the world, or manipulate your Mom, carries an awful
burden.
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