oneword365 challenge<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in which I would focus and contemplate on one word for the whole year. The word I chose was \u201cpatience\u201d since I always struggled with having patience in my life. Then God laughed and gave me some other words to contemplate during Lent.<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nPatience<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nI chose \u201cpatience\u201d as my word for the year because, as stated before, I struggled with waiting. Whenever I anticipate something, time seems to go by even slower. My patience was tested several times throughout the last three months. Sometimes, it came in the form of people making small talk and other times it came in the form of over a dozen second graders who refused to settle down. <\/span><\/p>\nThroughout the last three months, I learned\u00a0that things always come on God\u2019s time, usually just when you need it the most. It might be something as small as hearing a\u00a0song that lifts you out of a bad mood or as big as getting a job offer on the same day that your purse got stolen. It also means waiting for the right time to say something important or choosing not to say anything at all.\u00a0\u00a0I learned that if I do little things while I\u2019m waiting, it ends up paying off. So as Lent transitions into Easter, I\u2019ll keep on serving the Lord and take life one day at a time.<\/span><\/p>\nThis song came to mind when I thought about patience. I invite you to listen to it and tell me how God is asking you to be patient:<\/span><\/p>\n