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Fruit of the Spirit: Patience Kiwi

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Every night around dinner time my son gets whiny clingy loud. He follows me around the kitchen crying. He pulls up and hangs onto my legs. He wails as if the whole world was ending. And honestly, I think it’s less about ME than it is that he knows I’m cooking FOOD.

And every day by the time dinner is done I’m ready to throw the food on the table and lay on the couch while the kids eat! So, today’s fruit has been verrrry convicting helpful.

That’s right, we’re talking about PATIENCE.

Proverbs 14:29 says, “Anyone who is patient has great understanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish he is.” Do you know how many times this verse has gone through my head today?! *deep breath*

Anyway, Lydia and I made a little poster of our verse. (I got this great drawing pad at Target for like 50% for all the back-to-school stuff!) We hung it up under flatLydia but forgot about our aggressive little Asa. We had to tape it back together but it still looks ok…

{{Also a good lesson in patience: not yelling at your brother (or son as the case may be) when he rips your poster off the wall.}}

You can see I wrote Lydia’s name in the verse. We read it normal and then I read it once with her name. She asked to read it “with Lydia” several times. It’s always surprising to me how much she likes it when we read/learn/talk about scripture–and how quickly she remembers it. Even later in the day she heard someone say “quickly” and she said, “Mommy! QUICKLY! Just like our verse! That’s funn-y.”

I chose a kiwi to represent patience because kiwis are hard on the outside but YUMMY on the inside! While we held a kiwi and rubbed it’s rough exterior, we talked about how patience is hard to do on the outside but is well worth it on the inside! Lydia carried the kiwi all around today–even in the car! We never got around to eating it, but I’m sure we will soon.

 

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Comments

  1. Leigh says

    September 10, 2009 at 8:32 am

    I love the reason you picked kiwi for patience!!! It is SO hard to do! I can’t wait to see your kiwi crafts – you can do them!

  2. vanessa says

    September 16, 2009 at 11:53 pm

    So I have been toying with the idea of trying to get Juliet to start memorizing verses for the past few months, but have been LAZY about getting started. I think this is just the inspiration I need…I really love the idea of inserting her name in there–what a great way to make it more personal and relevant. I need to get more tips from you…
    .-= vanessa´s last blog ..whopper cake =-.

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