One of the children I referenced yesterday has grown up, completed college, successfully started her chosen career, and serves us by being a regular Disability Aid for Paul at church. This allows Dianne and I to go to worship together. This young woman has done so for at least seven years, and possibly longer because I’ve lost track.
She practices extreme patience with us. There have been countless times over those years when something came up at the last minute – generally a child not feeling well – and we didn’t (or neglected to) call or email her.
She has never once complained about our behavior, even though we know it has inconvenienced her more than once. And she loves our boy, who also never objects to going to church when she is with him. It is very sweet to see them together.
Like her parents, she treasures Jesus above everything, and she wants us to do so as well. So, she puts up with us. And God has used her to build up our faith, our endurance, and our trust in him. I am grateful to God for her!
Most of all, she lives out 1 Peter 4:8-9 for the Knight family:
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.
The Works of God 