Patient Listening How are we at taking constructive criticism? When someone says something, are we quick to defend our actions and state our case, or will we patiently listen to see what the Lord might be saying, even if the criticism is false or way off base? When we quickly defend ourselves, not letting others […]

A Languishing Soul It’s not easy to wait patiently, especially when it comes to our need to wait upon the Lord. Psalm 119: 81-88 says, “My soul faints for Your salvation, but I hope in Your word. My eyes fail from searching Your word, saying, ‘When will You comfort me?’ … Yet I do not […]

The Quality of Patience FedEx or Pony Express! I’m a FedEx sort of guy. You know, when it absolutely positively has to get their overnight. I don’t think I’d survive in the pony express days when it absolutely positively had to get there three months from now. Unfortunately God isn’t in the FedEx business. He […]

Patience: An Enduring Quality There isn’t a quality more needed today than patience. We live in a world obsessed with time management and getting things done as quickly as possible. Unfortunately it has produced a society of impatience. In a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip, Calvin’s father is sitting as his computer saying, “It used […]