patience

Bless physicians, nurses, and all others who minister to the suffering, granting them wisdom and skill, sympathy and patience;
Hear us, O Lord of life.

I'm not good at patience. I'm smart enough, however, to know that one shouldn't pray for patience. My mom prayed for patience and got my sister. My wife prayed for patience and got my mom. I'm not going to pray for patience, but I think I've been praying for it without knowing it for quite sometime. Maybe that' s why my CPE summercamp experience is teaching me so much about patience. One resident is awake and heard of hearing, but her roommate is asleep; not a good time. Both residents are asleep in the next room. My new resident is crabby, but wants nothing to do with me. I feel useless for a good part of my week here, but I know God is teaching me things and maybe even using me to minister to my residents. Still, I can't help but wonder if by responding, "Hear us, O Lord of life," I have prayed accidentally for patience and God has been so kind as to answer that prayer. D'oh!!!