Patience
Patience I have come to the realization that I've never really grasped what patience was until I had a baby in my house. When our son cries out for food, diaper change, because of gas, just needs to be held, or for some other reason we go without sleep to figure it out or to at least console him to get him (and us) back to sleep. We respond with patience so we can better understand and to get our son what he needs. As a parent, we would be unloving and wrong if we were to toss up our hands and just walk away from our child in need. We can only guess what our children need when they're at this stage where crying is their only means of communication. But as they grow and mature they can communicate to us their numerous needs and desires. Contrast this, however, with God and our relationship with Him. He knows our needs before we ever realize them and, even more than this, He has already provided for those needs (Lk.12; Matt.6:32-33; Rom.5:6-11). This process of raising our so