Do you ever just live life to keep hearing a subject repeatedly come in conversations you are having or even around you? A topic I keep hearing about is Patience. One can think they have it until it is tested with people or situations where it is needed. Then it still may not be evident to them they need to develop more patience despite it being evident to the others watching the situation. Yet, again, it can be low level of patience for those who are watching which can start a mob like thinking situation.
We may try to compare our own patience levels to others and think we are doing good compared to another. Yet, again who are we comparing oursevles to? But in the larger scheme of it, is it even a measurable at all? Wisdom helps develope patience and the best kind of Wisdom is from God as we seek Him in His Word and Prayer. He is the best example of Patience I know of that exists. Despite all of human corruptness, He has not wiped us off the face of this earth due to how horrible we can be to each other and lies we tell Him in how we will change if He does this or that for us.
With forgiveness there is patience. Can you have forgiveness without a huge helping of patience to go with it? Without sincere love for others and patience, just saying "I forgive you" can just be empty words said while your mind and heart still sizzles in building bitterness that can slowly deprive one of joy in life with anybody around them. Yet, that kind of love that is really needed to forgive others has to come from God to be lasting and our relationship with God daily. Hurt has a way of distracting us in so many ways. With the more patience we have, can we be hurt less or less offense taken by others conduct?
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