How hard a thing to accomplish, the scriptures call for us to be patient. Do we really understand what that means? I'm a prime example of, one who has little patience. Being patient means not getting angry when someone challenges us, while not really meaning to. Being patient, is not yelling at our kids when they hit a raw nerve, even though they just asked a fair question. Being patient is, smiling back at a car load of kids, and honking the air horn, for them; even though their mother just cut you off, running the red light. Patience is, allowing your spouse to be annoyed at you, even when you know what you are doing, is a good thing. Patience is, not being angry with yourself, because you have hard time understanding something, everyone else has already, deemed easy to understand.
How patient was Jesus(Yeshuah) when the desciples, didn't get it? How patient Yashuah was when, Peter denied Him three times. How patient Yeshuah was, when He was being beaten. How patient Yeshuah was when He hung on the cross. How patient Yeshuah is even Now when we continue to go our own way. How patient Yeshuah is when we fail to follow His example. How long will He continue to be patient with this rebellious world? How it must break His heart, to know that His children, turn away, even in the face of their own despair.
Let's all begin practicing patience. Perhaps as we practice patience, maybe we will begin to understand, how to practice His(Yeshuah/God's) presence. It's worth a try, isn't it? In the name of Yeshuah, may it be so.
1 "General" post on 11/28/2006
Patience
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Posted on Tue, Nov 28 2006 @ 5:25 AM [MST]
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