If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient. (I Corinthians 13:3,4)
Patient Father,
It is easy to become laser focused on a task, a holy task. Important things need to be done. People to be helped, poor to be fed, the hurting to be comforted. Kingdom business awaits. But people get in the way. People who are assigned a task do not follow through. Some are incompetent. Deadlines are missed. Our frustration level rises.
But help these children (and all of us) to remember that without love (patience), none of our "wonderful" Kingdom work amounts to anything. It is worthless in your eyes. Teach them that effective "Kingdom work" as you define it, involves accepting the frailties and shortcomings of fellow workers, understanding that they will not perform up to our expectations and us living with that fact, patiently. It is not a grand strategic plan with tasks and expected outcomes, but it is walking and talking along the way as Jesus did.
Amen
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