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BY: JENNIFER POAD, TX
TRUSTGODANDBEPATIENT.
rowing up, my granddad was my biggest hero. He was the inspiration for my love
another. Having patience means that you are not focusing on the short-term, but instead you have faith in what will come if you keep working and trying. It means that you have faith in the person or thing that’s testing your patience. When we pray for something and don’t get it right away, it means that we have faith in God that our prayers will be answered according to His will and in His timing. It seems like in today’s world, we’re always in a hurry and we when we want something, we want it now. The Bible tells us in Romans 8:25 “But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.” If we think about how often we test God’s patience, it’s easier for us to be more understanding and less anxious toward others that are testing our patience. My granddad grew up during the great depression and had to leave home as a young teen to go find work so that he would have something to eat. He lost his mother
when he was a toddler and was raised by his older sister. He could’ve easily just given up, but he worked hard, trusted God, and knew that he could make his situation better if he just kept trying. When I think of all that he went through, it makes me appreciate all the sacrifices he made, and always reminds me to be patient. •
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of cattle. He didn’t ever move too fast and was always slow and easy around them. He could halter break the toughest bulls and never seemed to get discouraged while doing it. He softly whistled the songs “Red River Valley” or “Oh My Darling, Clementine” while he worked at his slow, steady pace. He taught me many lessons, but patience was probably the biggest one. Patience is the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset. One of the most well-known verses in the Bible is 1 Corinthians 13:4 “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.” Patience is at the very top of the list. We cannot love, if we don’t learn how to be patient with one
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