Patience is the calm acceptance that
things can happen in a different
order than the one you have in mind. –David G. Allen
We’ve all heard the
saying “Patience is Virtue”. But what
does it really mean?
Webster’s 1828
defines “patience” - The suffering of afflictions, pain, toil, calamity,
provocation or other evil, with a calm, unruffled temper; endurance without
murmuring or fretfulness.
Suffering…with a
calm, unruffled temper? Ouch! That seems
nearly impossible, even for the best of Christians. But we know of course that all things are
possible with God. And like everything
else that God expects of us, patience has a purpose.
Romans 5:3-5 says “And not only so, but
we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And
patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed;
because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is
given unto us.”
Patience is a trust in God’s way and His timing
for things, rather than what we want and when we want it.
Patience is a testimony. It is part of the fruit of the Spirit.
Patience is an opportunity to let God’s love in
us be shown outwardly to others.
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