A Peculiar Patience

In the grocery store, her two year old begged for cookies. Mom said no and the little girl began to cry. “Now Sarah, we’re halfway done, it won’t be much longer.” Of course the same thing happened in the candy aisle. “There, there Sarah, only two more aisles then we’re done.” When checking out, she reached for the gum. When mom said no again, she screamed louder than ever. The mother patiently said, “Sarah, we’re leaving now. We’ll go home and have a nice nap.” A man who witnessed these events in the store, complimented the woman on her way to her car by saying, “I couldn’t help noticing how patient you were with little Sarah.” She replied, “Thank you, but my little girl is Samantha, I’m Sarah!” Too often, we’re like this two year old when we don’t get our way. We beg and cry and carry on. In 2 Peter 3:9 we see how patient God is with us. Can we also be this patient both with Him and with others?