Matters of Faith

Never pray for patience or that the Lord will teach you contentment.  As soon as you do, your spouse will be called away on business, all three children will get sick at the same time, your car’s brakes will go out and a virus will attack and crash your computer.  I should have listened to my mother who used to say, “Never pray for patience or you’ll get tribulation.”  I thought she was just being funny!

But, precisely three weeks ago, I kneeled by my bed and asked the Lord to teach me patience and contentment despite my circumstances.  Hopefully, this will explain my absence for the past couple of weeks.  I am beginning to understand the motivation behind St. Augustine’s prayer, “Lord, make me chaste, but not yet.”  My computer should be back soon, and I’ll be back to posting more regularly!