Wednesday, October 1, 2008

God takes advantage of me

I swear to you that God is taking advantage of me. You see, generally I am a very very patient person. I always have been. Actually I believe I'm too patient with people most of the time. So for quite some time I've noticed that I seem to be placed in situations that my patience shines. For example: in high school we had open campus lunch so we drove to a fast food joint everyday. Without fail I was the always the last one to receive my food, even if I was the first to order. This wasn't something that happened just a few times; it was seriously more often than not. And every time I stood there very patiently and did not speak up or become hateful because I was too freakin patient. Usually ten to fifteen mins later they come back and say, "what are you waiting on?" Then I would tell them and suddenly it came right out. Fast forward to today...I'm standing in line at lunch for some kind of chicken wrap and I finally get to the front of the line and the lady says, "Hold on, I have to go get more lettuce." Of course you do. It's just another opportunity to showcase patience. I always feel like speaking up when I'm waiting there forever but I feel that it would be rude so I never do.

Okay, so God isn't really taking advantage of me but it feels like He laughs at me when I get in these situations because He knows my tendencies and the way He has created me. I don't think He has created me to be a pushover but patience definitely seems to be a gift of mine...maybe a little too much.

3 comments:

Beej said...

i'd give anything for some of your patience..

Amanda said...

what is this "patience" thing you speak of. I don't know if I have heard of it. Sounds like it would be a good thing to have :)

also... second paragraph 30th word... delete the y.

Trev said...

Guys, this my friend Amanda. She is the one who corrects all of my posts. And she's pretty cool too I suppose.