[Leslie's sister]

Oh Bill. I just typed out this response and hit the wrong button. Uggh! (Hey is this a sign to practice patience................I'm thinking so.)

Anyway, I was saying, your response about practicing patience is something that we went over in a Bible study class, or maybe, it was Purpose Driven Life, I can't remember. The just of it was, if one prays for patience, for example, well hold on to your hats, because acquiring real patience means being in situations that demand patience. One can't just expect to acquire patience in situations that do not demand patience. In other words, we acquire patience by practicing it, practicing it in situations that need extra patience. Same thing for other qualities such as kindness, gentleness, humility, love. If we want to learn to love, it is easy to love the loveable. But how about loving the not so loveable? The cranky, complaining or just plain ornery types. Practice love by loving them.

I think what I'm trying to say is you reminded me of that study. thanks for the reminder.

I'm also thinking that none of this makes sense, but somehow, I think that we are on the same page.

Lisa

P.S. I love the digression of these posts