35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. 36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. 37 For yet a little while , and he that shall come will come , and will not tarry . 38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back , my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
James 1 KJV
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting . 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing . 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering . For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed . 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
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re: patience
a thoughtful thought...
I'd add - there is a time and a place for patience.
and patience may actually be required at the same time things are hectic.
picture a canoe on a frantic whitewater river where you don't have time to be "too" patient but at the same time you must be patient to discern where to navigate towards.
the same could be true on a beltway in heavy traffic.. which i'm sure john no longer has to endure... probably the worst that he sees is 3 cars backed up at a stop light, eh?
:-)
hmmmm...the closest stoplight to me is 150 miles away in Ft. Stockton...but sometimes I get stuck at the train crossing in Alpine. My record time from upstate NY back to Manhattan was 2 hours. I thought I was gonna beat that record one time till I hit traffic on the BQE. Total drive time that day was 4 hours. Those distractions are gone now. Plenty of time for patience.
John, I fell for the Pine, Harvard on the Hill, and MaMa Tillys (gone now but not forgoten) the summer of 81. I have always said that "You either love South West Texas the moment you see it or you Hate it. I have yet to meet anyone who had it grow on them." However the land and the area will force patience upon you. I look forward to your post and pics daily as they give me a sence of touching home. Thanks for your blog.
I'm glad to see that you met your deadline to get your blog posted.
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When my kids were younger, I would pray for patience. One day at a women's prayer meeting we were taking prayer requests. I put patience down. A much more mature Christian friend said, "NO! You don't ever want to pray for patience!". I asked "why not?". She said you learn patience through trial and tribulations.
No wonder I had such a hard time with my little ones! Patience was learned, though.
Love your Sunday postings. and all the rest of the week, too!
now that you have been called to preach I suspect you'll learn to appreciate the meaning of that word fully........
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