Today we read Isaiah 57-59, Psalm 103, and 2 Peter 3.
I love W.C. Sumrall. W.C. Sumrall has got me in a lot of trouble over the years.
W.C. is my father-in-law. Just a couple of years after he retired from the University of Southern Mississippi, he had a stroke and his health began to decline. He now lies in a hospital bed in south Mississippi with several health challenges and a slipping mind. He is a shell of the rock he was, but,oh, a rock he has been.
He has got me in a lot of trouble because he is a very patient man. Married to a woman that never got in a hurry, W.C. has waited a lot. The classic example is the time W.C. took her to the mall. He let her go in, probably after she said it would only be a minute, while he stayed in the truck. He kept on waiting until the lights of the mall started going out. He got curious as to where his wife was, when he saw in the shadows a worker unlock the door and let her out. She had literally closed down the mall. He had waited in that truck for who knows how long without reading a book, listening to a radio, or messing with a phone. That is the way of W.C. He is a patient man.
Their daughter and my wife has inherit some of her mother's qualities. She don't like it when I hurry her. I have waited too with a book in hand, listening to a ballgame, or messing with a phone, but I have never done it in the spirit and the attitude that her daddy, who has always wonderfully cared for her, could do it. She now returns the same patient love, travels many miles, and loses a lot of sleep diligently overseeing his care.
Lord, give me patience and please hurry.
I am so glad we serve a patient God. 2 Peter 3.9- The Lord does not delay His promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.
Because He is patient with us, we have the opportunity to be in right relationship with Him. May we be changed by our opportunity in Christ, and inherit the patient qualities that can come as fruit of the same Spirit that has breathed new life into us.
Wait on The Lord today. He waited on you....and He still does in many ways.
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