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Nothing creates humility, patience or requires endurance like training a puppy. The volume of time and attention required to instill new behaviours can be a very big challenge and a change to lifestyle. It’s also a great way to learn how to clean floors! Training a puppy is, however, and often retrospectively, incredibly rewarding. An idea that started out innocent and fun can often end up requiring a lot more of us than we realised, but often to the betterment of ourselves, in humility, patience and endurance.

Just like this, God brings many things into moments of our day that often that we may not see or understand until, in retrospect, are designed to shape our temperament into that of Jesus.

Today when you find that you are frustrated at repeating instructions to your children for the 20th time, or you’re finding yourself flustered by traffic, or wanting to quit and not try again because it’s just not working out, take a deep breath and allow God to flow through you so that He can use these moments to bring growth in your day .

Prayer:

Father, thank You for loving me even when I struggle to be teachable, when I’m easily frustrated, and wanting to give up. Please help me today to grow in humility, endurance and patience. Help me rely on You to flow through me, to bring these fruits to those around me. Amen.