MarieP
Puritan Board Senior
My situation is fairly unique, but I am sure you all have had similar experiences.
I can't drive, and so I do not have the privilege of leaving someplace whenever I choose. This can get pretty frustrating at times, and God uses it to teach me patience.
The worst thing that frustrates me is that my family does not seem to understand that I want to be home by 10:00 on Saturday nights so I can prepare for the Lord's Day. They have no sense of the vital importance that we prepare our hearts before entering into God's house.
Unfortunately, Satan would love me to lose my cool over something spiritual, and so it's a struggle for me between a righteous desire to prepare for the Lord's Day and the command for me to be anxious about nothing and be patient.
Tonight was especially bad, and so I covet prayers as I am having to settle my heart even more than normal. I basically let out an audible sigh and wanted to pull my hair out. They saw that I was impatient, and I apologized for that, and I thought about explaining once again why I need to be home tonight when I do, but then it would just fall on ears that don't understand.
Any tips???
I can't drive, and so I do not have the privilege of leaving someplace whenever I choose. This can get pretty frustrating at times, and God uses it to teach me patience.
The worst thing that frustrates me is that my family does not seem to understand that I want to be home by 10:00 on Saturday nights so I can prepare for the Lord's Day. They have no sense of the vital importance that we prepare our hearts before entering into God's house.
Unfortunately, Satan would love me to lose my cool over something spiritual, and so it's a struggle for me between a righteous desire to prepare for the Lord's Day and the command for me to be anxious about nothing and be patient.
Tonight was especially bad, and so I covet prayers as I am having to settle my heart even more than normal. I basically let out an audible sigh and wanted to pull my hair out. They saw that I was impatient, and I apologized for that, and I thought about explaining once again why I need to be home tonight when I do, but then it would just fall on ears that don't understand.
Any tips???