1 Corinthians 13: 4 defines love perfectly.
Love is patient.
Patience, they say is a virtue. We now live in a world where many things are fast paced. We have short cuts, short forms and short messages too. We also have a lot of products that give us instant gratification and satisfaction for our needs and wants. Most of us find it hard to be patient and it seems like an alien concept to some of us. When you are patient with your family, friend, spouse or partner, you are showing them how much they mean to you. In other words, you are respecting them. Respect inspires love and love inspires respect.
“Learning patience can be a difficult experience, but once conquered, you will find life is easier.”
Catherine Pulsifer
What can we say to add to this? It is true because there is certainly a bit of waiting to do when you are learning patience.
I know a little bit about waiting. I waited 41 years before I actually found and experienced true love. Everytime I prayed about it, I was reminded gently by my heavenly Father to wait patiently. Here is my favourite Holy Bible reference But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. ~ Romans 8:25
Rachel
“The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by 🐣 hatching the egg, not by smashing it.”
~ Arnold H. Glasow
Being in love truly means to be patient and loving like God our Father. We must be forbearing even if our spouse or friend is impatient and angry. In my view Rachel’s 41 year wait for love is a beautiful story about patience. It’s a journey she couldn’t have travelled alone without her heavenly Father’s love.
John
