After reflecting and praying about my word "love" for the year,
God has put it in my heart to take hold of our wedding verse (1 Corinthians 13:4-8)
and spend time focusing on "what love is" according to this scripture.
The first line of the verse reads, "Love is Patient" and for some reason I felt like starting with this photo of Miss Daisy and her "furry friend" as they patiently say good-bye to me as I head back to the office from my lunch hour.
The definition of patience...
"The ability to wait without becoming annoyed or anxious"
(Daisy is doing a fabulous job of this as you can see!)
Waiting with Patience...
A lot of time in our lives is spent waiting and change is a process. People want change, but they don't want to go through the waiting process.
The truth is, waiting is a given...we are going to wait.
The question is, are we going to wait the wrong or right way?
If we wait the wrong way, we'll be miserable; but if we decide to wait God's way, we can become patient and enjoy the wait.
It takes practice, but as we let God help us in each situation, we develop patience.
Patience is a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22). It's developed only under trial, so we must not run from difficult situations.
There will be times in your life when you will want to run from difficult situations. May I encourage you to trust God and know that Patience is a Fruit of the Spirit that can bring Hope to all of us in the midst of trials.
"But let endurance and steadfastness and patience have full play and do a thorough work, so that you may be perfectly and fully developed, lacking in nothing." James 1:4
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