by miss iris
Even before her birthday in August, my sister really wanted an mp3 player. Her preference was an iPod - the Touch - so I told her to save up the money she will get for her birthday and we'd go get one for her. I found out that instead of buying an iPod, she bought a different touchscreen player because she just could not wait. A few weeks later, the player broke. I asked her what she plans on doing and she wasn't sure, so I told her again, save her money and we'll get an iPod Touch.
Last Sunday she came to me after church asking me to take her to the store to buy an iPod Mini, I told her no, that all she needed was a few more dollars to buy the Touch. I also reminded her of the last mp3 player that she bought out of impatience and how disappointed she was in it. She was upset, but I was firm and seeing as she's only 14 and cannot drive herself (and that my parents agreed) she was forced to practice patience.
About two days later she IMed me while I was at work and was super joyful that all she needed was four more dollars and she would get the iPod Touch. I told her that was great news and that we would get it soon. Two days later, she texted me saying she bought the 8-gig Touch. I asked her why she didn't wait for me to take her and she said she really wanted it! Impatient child. Had she waited she would have been privy to the little secret that I was keeping from her. I wanted to take her to the store to get it because I was planning to get her the bigger, 16-gig iPod Touch. I would have put in the difference towards getting the bigger one as well as a cool case to hold it. That was going to be her Christmas present from me.
I understand that she's very happy that she waited to get the 8-gig Touch, but what joy would it have brought her if she were just a little more patient and waited on me like I requested? She would have had something bigger and better with extra pieces! It struck me how very similar this situation is with God and us at times. There are times when we are so impatient that we go ahead and pick up the cheap imitation and then when things go wrong we come crying to God asking him why and once more he says, wait. Then we wait and we get more and more impatient and we pick up something that might be good - or we think it's good at the time - without talking to God first and don't see that he was just waiting to surprise us with something so much better. Ah, if only we were a bit more patient, if only we consulted with God before we took action.
Well, my sister learned her lesson. I wonder if I will ever learn mine.
Comments (29)
great post!
It's a good thing God loves us all, impatient or not! :D
@all2mydawgs@xanga - although her analogy is a little ambiguous, i think you should be called out for overgeneralizing.
I like that...
it's rly cool...
I also need to learn to be more patient...