Romans 12:12

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

If you are like most individuals’ patience can be quite challenging in the face of everyday life. Waiting on lines, waiting in traffic, waiting on a report from a doctor, waiting for a job interview, waiting for the results of a job interview, waiting for answers, waiting for a phone call, waiting for your first grandchild to be born, and waiting for answers to prayers.

Exhausting, frustrating, and at times discouraging.

But as Christians, and children of faith, we recognize that patience is a virtue and a characteristic of the Holy Spirit.  One of the many fruits we bear in accordance with His Word, and obedience to His will and doctrine.

It’s a gift to behold and inherently an application we apply to circumstances during our years here on earth. It is a discipline that sadly, many lack, and it is one that is highly noticeable in those who are in possession of such a virtue.

You’ve heard others speak about patience, “My husband has no patience…” or “If only she had some patience, things would be so different.”  

Ostensibly, you’ve heard others exclaiming with awe, concerning individuals who have vast amounts of control and patience, “Wow, I wish I had your patience, your calm demeanor…”  

Patience is something that pertains to all of us, and we either exhibit it, seemingly with ease, or we simmer with anticipation that overextends and tries our patience, thereby losing it all together.

Being human, we are subject to numerous ups and downs. Life is like a roller coaster ride, sometimes we’re at the top, sometimes we dip into valleys, and then, eventually with God’s love and grace, we make our way back up to the top again.  But only through His love and grace.

Fleeting moments are just that, moments.  Life here, and now, is vapidly unwinding each day we rise. And inasmuch we need to be resourceful and appreciate each second, we have.  While we nurture our Spirit in so doing.

Although we each have important things to accomplish, to sustain, and to engage in, our life here and now is “nothing compared to the Eternity” we are promised by our Father.

Jesus went to His Father’s Mansion, and has prepared a table for us, and when we believe, do the best we can to produce fruit, and encourage others, and do good works, and follow His ways, and truth and light… we will join Him for supper in Paradise. And most important, we will be in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

Now that is something worth waiting for!

“Father, may I do all according to Your Word, promises and Will, now and always in Jesus’ precious name, Amen.”

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