Praying for Patience
When bowing your head and closing your eyes,
_getting ready to say all your prayers,
there is praise to give Him and thank-yous to say,
_and on Him you can cast all your cares.
When coming to Him with things that you need,
_ask freely—have faith when you pray.
But be careful about the things you request;
_He might answer, but not in your way.
Patience, a trait, if you pray for, you’ll find
_God answers, but not like you’d think.
He gives opportunities, chances to try,
_and from those we are not to shrink.
So when the kids are all fighting, the baby is screaming,
_the dog pooped all over the floor,
try to remember you’re working a muscle
_to be stronger than it was before.
Briana Reavis is a homemaker and mom of six in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
Briana, God does answer prayer in mysterious ways on His terms and not ours as you say in your fine poem. The allusion to “working a muscle to be stronger” is so appropriate. Bless you for giving us this poem.