Running the
race to win is the goal, but more important is picking up those who have fallen
and making sure they get to the finish line too.
June’s Awakening, Day 29
Be as patient with others as God has
been with you.
—Author Unknown
Patience
with others is Love,
Patience
with self is Hope,
Patience
with God is Faith.
—Adel Bestavros
There are times when God asks nothing
of His children except silence, patience, and tears.
—Charles Seymour Robinson
A
personʼs wisdom yields patience; it is to oneʼs glory to overlook an offense. Proverbs
19:11 NIV
But
for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners,
Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who
would believe in him and receive eternal life. 1 Timothy
1:16 NIV
It is one thing to be patient with
God and wait on Him, but quite another to be patient with others around us.
Yet, being representatives of Christ, we are called to portray patience with
others in an understanding and caring way. Just like love and forgiveness, we
are to display in a sincere way, the same measure of patience that Christ has
shown to us. Because of our hectic lives, we have a tendency to feel that no
one else is busier than we are, or has a job more important to do, and that we
just don’t have the time luxury to be patient and forbearing with others. Of
course, that is self-centeredness exuding itself to a high degree, and
ultimately that attitude will be reaped just as we’ve sown. So, do not be
surprised when you are ignored by others in your time of distress or need if
you are continually impatient and disregarding of others. The world may say,
“Climb to the top at all cost no matter who you step on,” but in God’s economy
it’s, “Pick those up who have fallen around you and carry them with you.”
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