This section of Ephesians is all about walking the Christian walk. This walk is purposeful. It imitates God. Paul calls all Christians to “put off” several worldly habits and “put on” several godly traits. The one that hit me most relates to my own relationship with Avery: being patient.
I will write a more detailed post about this later because I already have one started! But here’s the brief overview. As we know, patience is not natural. But since Christ is patient, I too must be patient. I laughed out loud at this description in our BSF notes this week because it truly describes me and Avery: Have you noticed that God puts most of us, at some time in our lives, next to another person whose personal habits irritate us? … A too quick nature finds herself next to one that is excessively slow. I am the “too quick nature” and Avery is “excessively slow.” And this concept again was emphasized in the lecture with this application question: Who has God placed in my life to help me grow to walk more like Him?
I already can see that God has put Avery in my life to help me become more patient and learn how to bear with others in love. I appreciate that little girl so much for the many blessings she has been to my life and our life as a family. And one of these blessings is that God is teaching me about patience!