Busy in his study, a minister was preparing his sermon for the coming Sunday. He reached to the shelf at his side for a book, and then remembered that he had left it downstairs.
His little daughter was playing in the bedroom, and he called her. She came, running, eager and delighted at the thought that Papa needed her. He explained carefully where she could find the book, and she went gladly, returning in a moment with a book which he saw at a glance was the wrong one.
But he hardly looked at the book as he took it and laid it on the table. He looked only at the eager face of his daughter, wreathed in smiles. Gathering her close to his heart, he kissed her and said, “Thank You, darling.”
And when she had gone back happy and contented to her play, he went quietly for the book he needed.
I will be honest, more often than not, I don’t act like this minister but will try harder from this point on. I definitely need God’s grace, wisdom, and patience!
Have a wonderful week and the last month of this year!