patience, kindness and a sense of humor

Thursday, October 1, 2015 (6:26 a.m.)

Awesome, Holy God,

Thank You. You have blessed us beyond words. Safe travels. Great food. Important conversations. You provided us patience, kindness and senses of humor. Thank You God. Thank You Father.

Thank You that we got to visit. See. Explore. Experience. So many new and different circumstances. Because of Your incredible love for each of us we were able to look passed a lot of the situations that are most strikingly visible to what often lies just beneath any first impression.

Thank You Father for a flight delay that resulted in a fully boarded plane's ultimate return to a gate. Thank You for professional personnel each doing the job to which they were trained to the very best of their ability. Thank You Father especially for patience, kindness and senses of humor.

Daddy God, we live in an extremely unpredictable world. Unexpected stuff happens often. Keep filling us with Your love and Your grace.

Thank You Father for the opportunity to look again to Your Word. This time in The Voice. Thank You for guiding me in turning to Galatians 5:22. Thank You for the introduction to this section that I found there.

“Paul has been preaching about the call of God to freedom, and so he now spells it out: we are done with the demands of the law; now we are free to live in the Spirit and to be truly right with God. As free people, the Spirit gives us the characteristics of Jesus; we, too, can freely love in joy and peace. We can have patience along with kindness and faithfulness that can only come from the Father. We can reflect the goodness of God while being gentle in operating with self-control. For those who follow Him and live in the Spirit, these characteristics or fruits are a gift from God. As we grow in the faith, we find that we belong to God and can walk daily in the Spirit.”

Done with the law. Free to live in the Spirit. Be truly right with You, God. Given the characteristics of Jesus. Able to love freely in joy and peace. Have patience, kindness and faithfulness that only come from You. Reflect Your goodness. Be gentle. Operate with self-control. Grow in faith. Belong to God. Walk daily in the Spirit.

Amazing the freedom You offer us! Please, how I ask (Matthew 7:7) You to teach me to use it well this day. I love You so incredibly much. Thank You for the blessing and freedom to live life in Your Spirit. Grant me the ability and generosity needed to freely share these spectacular fruits with others.

Thank You Father. I love You. Amen.

(441 words ~ 7:11 a.m.)