Famous Movie Writer and Producer, Mr. Tyler Perry once said, “It doesn’t matter if ten million people tell you what you can’t do, or if a million people tell you NO. All you need is one YES from GOD.” That statement resonates loudly to me because I think one of our greatest vices these days is the lack of patience and waiting on that YES from God.
When we lack patience, often times we lose the ability to wait on HIM for whatever HE has in store for us. We listen to others and let them predict our outcomes and future. We doubt ourselves many times because we feel like the waiting will never end. We are all so used to things happening instantly that when something takes a bit longer than we expect, we give up. Where did all of our patience go?
In a society where everything is quick, easy access, ready-made, and has a quick return, we tend to get caught in this cycle of expecting the goals and objectives for our lives to be the same. Are you Hungry? Let’s go thru a drive thru burger joint and get a quick meal. Are you thirsty? Just stop by a convenience store and grab a cold or hot drink. Don’t feel like cooking dinner? Pop something into the microwave; it’s just as good. Or is it?
How many times have we walked down the aisle at the grocery store, saw something that looked so delicious in the frozen food section, grabbed the box, wondered if it tasted as good as it looked on the box, and BOUGHT IT? Then on that night that cooking a dinner is not an option, we put that delicious entrée into the microwave. All of a sudden, what comes out of the microwave looks nothing like the picture on the box. If you are like me, you even compare the two. Then we taste it. YUCK! The bread is either tough or chewy, but definitely not good. The cheese failed to melt, is nasty, and the sauces are horrible. What we thought would be quick and good turned out to be quick and not so good.
I am a firm believer that patience is something that we can put into our lives and make it so much more enjoyable. Just think of how the microwaveable meal would have turned out if we had just taken the time to cook a real home cooked meal. The thought of waiting for a full meal to cook is sometimes overwhelming in our busy cycle of daily routines. I often think of my Grandmother who did not have the option of this fancy ready- in -minutes type of living we have. I remember her starting dinner around 2pm each day. She would begin by getting all her ingredients for a fresh batch of homemade biscuits. My Grandmother made biscuits every day. She would get out the White Lily flour, Crisco shortening, salt, and buttermilk and put them on the counter. Then she would carefully mix the ingredients, slowly stirring by hand- not a mixer. Finally, she would take an old wooden rolling pin and roll the dough out onto a floured wooden board. Meticulously, she would cut each circular biscuit just right. Finally, placing the half inch sized circles of dough on the greased cookie sheet, she would wait PATIENTLY as the delicious morsels browned in the oven. Out would come the most beautiful, golden brown, Southern, baked biscuits that melted in your mouth.
The biscuits were just the beginning of dinner. She would finish by preparing all of the other components of her meal (fresh vegetables and delicious meats) which typically took the next couple hours. Now, we would not think of spending that much time each day just to make supper. We don’t have the patience it takes to wait on the golden biscuit that added so much to our supper back then. My goal is to have a little more patience when it comes to my life and all the things within it. Thinking back to my Grandmother’s kitchen makes me realize that with a little more patience, the wait is always worth every minute.
Dr. Sunshine68
June 25, 2013
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