Diane and I hope to spend more time with the grandkids. She was reminded of this Minute from 5 years ago by a former student wife, and with a slight edit at the end applies especially today. Thanks Jennifer!
“Opa here. Thank you, Drew and Jacob, for helping me understand the word “long-suffering.” For only three-years-old and eighteen-months-old, you are good teachers.”
“What do you mean, Opa?”
“Drew, tell our friends about what you did yesterday.”
“We sneaked upstairs and found a big white board.”
“Drew, they call that Styrofoam.”
“Thanks, Opa. We crumbled it up and threw it all over the floor. When Styrofoam is crumbled, it even sticks to the wall.”
“Drew, you call that static electricity. So, what did you do next?”
“Opa, we stood over the railing and threw the Styrofoam down the stairs. We made it snow. That was so much fun!”
“Uh, not exactly what Oma and I thought. It took us two hours to clean up the snowstorm.”
“Really? We didn’t notice. We went on to other things.”
“So boys, staying here at our house, you are teaching us about ‘long-suffering.’ The pandemic is stressing us all, and stress pressures people to sin. Thank God for being patient with us sinners. “The long-suffering of our Lord is salvation” (1 Peter 3:15). And long-suffering is one of the fruits of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22). You boys are giving us real spiritual growth!”
“Glad to help, Opa!”
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