Humbling Moments

Ever have your child chastise you?  First for me today.

It was lunch time and I was trying to get lunch made while the babies and Patrick were in the living room.  Patrick was playing with the baby gate that I had moved down stairs to put up over the stairs.  I had told him to quit playing with it before he knocked it over and hit one of the babies.

I was starting to lose my patience; trying to cook, keeping the babies out of the kitchen, keeping Patrick from playing with the fence or jumping on the couch, ect.  I had had it.

I was about to blow my top when Patrick looks at me and says "Mama, 'Have Patience, have patience, . . . '"  Instantly I smiled and this calm came over me.  I sang the rest of the song with him, gave him and hug and thanked him for reminding me to have patience.

I sing this song to him when he is starting to have problems waiting and he starts to cry about it.  Never thought he would use it on me.

"Have patience, have patience
Don't be in such a hurry
When you get impatient, you only start to worry
Remember, remember that God is patient, too
And think of all the times when others have to wait for you"