Spiritual Thoughts

  P atience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength . ~ Edward Bulwer-Lytton  Y ou too be patient; strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near. ~ James 5:8

  P atience is the ability to idle your motor  when you feel like stripping your gears. ~Unknown S o, as those who have been chosen by God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and  patience ; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other. ~ Colossians 3:12-13

L earn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.  ~ Pythagoras (6th cent. B.C.)   T he LORD is good to those   who wait for Him, to the life who sees Him. It is good that one should  wait quietly for the   salvation of the LORD. ~ Lamentations 3:25-26 (ESV)

I f you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches.  ~ Carolyn Kenmore     B y patience and a calm spirit, a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft and gentle tongue  breaks the bone of resistance. ~ Proverbs 25:15 (Amplified)

L ove is not about finding the right person, BUT creating a right relationship. It is not about how much love you have in the beginning BUT how much you build until the end. ~ Unknown   T herefore I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with    patience, bearing with one another in love. ~ Ephesians 4:1-2

  L ife is not about waiting for the storm to pass.  It is about learning to dance in the rain. ~ Vivian Greene   C onsider it all joy when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces cheerful patience. ~ James 1:2-3

G od is good on timing. When I thought He was late, it was only because I had tried to run too far ahead. ~ Unknown   F or you have need of patience, that, after you have done the will of God, you might receive the promise. ~ Hebrews 10:36

  S ometimes you get what you want. Other times, you get a lesson in patience , timing, alignment, empathy, compassion, faith, perseverance, resilience, humility, trust, meaning, awareness, resistance, purpose, clarity, grief, beauty and life. Either way, you win. ~ Brianna Wiest   P atience of spirit is better than haughtiness of spirit. ~ Ecclesiastes 7:8 

  P atience, persistence, and perseverance. A little more each day, a little better each day. ~ Jonathan Lockwood Huie   S o, as those who have been chosen by God, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience . ~ Colossians 3:12

T he key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it open. ~ Arnold H. Glasgow BUT the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience , kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. ~ Galatians 5:22-23

  P atience can't be acquired over night. It's just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it. ~ Eknath Easwaran   I implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called with all humility and gentleness, with patience ,  showing tolerance for one another in love. ~ Ephesians 4:1-2

  C ommon man's patience will bring  him more happiness than common man's power. ~ Abu Bakr   I implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another. ~ Ephesians 4:1-2

P atience is also a form of action. ~ Auguste Rodin   I implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love. ~ Ephesians 4:1-2

  B lessed is he who has learned  to admire BUT not to envy; to follow BUT not to imitate; to praise BUT not to flatter; and to lead BUT not manipulate. ~ William Arthur Ward D o not let your heart envy sinners, BUT live in the fear of the Lord  always. For evildoers will be cut off, BUT those who wait for the Lord, they will inherit the land. ~ Proverbs 23:17; Psalm 37:7

  Friday Tale - The High School Loser For Sparky school was all but impossible. He failed every subject in the eighth grade. He flunked physics in high school getting a grade of zero. Sparky also flunked Latin, algebra and English. He didn't do much better in sports. Although he did manage to make the school's golf team, he lost the only important match of the season.          Throughout his youth Sparky was awkward socially. He was not actually disliked by the other students; no one cared that much. He was surprised if a classmate ever said hello to him outside of school hours. There's no way to tell how he might have done at dating. Sparky never once asked a girl to go out in high school. He was too afraid of being turned down.          Sparky was a loser. He, his classmates...everyone knew it. So he rolled with it. Sparky had made up h...

  A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else. ~ George Savile   Y ou too be patience; strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near. ~ James 5:8

  P atience, persistence, and perseverance. A little more each day, a little better each day. ~ Jonathan Lockwood Huie   W e urge you admonish the unruly, encourage the faint-hearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone. ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:14

  P atience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time. ~ Jon Katab Zinn   T herefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation. ~ 2 Peter 3:14-15

K nowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. ~ Hal Borland   Wait  for the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it gets the early and late rains. You too be patient; strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near. ~ James 5:7-8

W hen you feel the need to hurry, remember that everything in life is a CHOICE. ~ Jonathan Lockwood Huie I implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience , showing tolerance for one another in love. ~ Ephesians 4:1-2