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The True Virtue of Patience
There is a quiet epidemic growing among the masses. Some (OK, many) people have found that it is more important for them to be where they want to go than to be caring of themselves or anyone else. They would rather be dead than late! This activity stems from a lack of consideration for the value of patience.
The evidence of this is clearly seen on the streets and highways of America. People disregard their own safety and that of others around them as they move lawlessly from lane to lane without signaling, and enter and exit the roadway without looking. But the roadways are not the only place where the lack of consideration for patience can be found. People who want what they want, and want it right now, are all around us everyday. They can’t wait in a line, they can’t allow anyone time to think before they make a choice, they want immediate service everywhere, and nothing happens fast enough to satisfy them.
The very consideration for patience is eroding from the fiber of human individual constitutions. This may not sound like a big deal to you but, it is not just eroding away. Patience is being replaced by demand. Demand has no regard for self or others. People who have allowed their patience to be worn out completely no longer care what happens to them or anyone else. They are walking time bombs, ready to go off without any notice.
The real true virtue of patience comes from its source; it’s not our having it that is a virtue, Patience is virtuous because God has patience; the patience that we are given is a blessing, the virtue available to us comes from our understanding of where we get patience from. The loss that we suffer in our disregard for patience is not just a lack of appreciation for where patience comes from or what it is to us. Patience is just like forgiveness; if we do not give it to others, it will not be given to us.
Very few people are aware of the correlation between patience and trust. Trust is ours to give, when we give it to God He gives us patience to endure His timing. Patience is God’s provision to us to allow His will to become our experience. Demand is an act of evil will; it has no regard for man, God or anything else. It is self-centered and destructive by nature.
When you see that you are being urged to demand anything, know that evil is leading you into a path of destruction. Your recognition of this is the only way you can save yourself from mindlessly obeying an urge that only wants to destroy you. Seek patience when you see that you are low or out of it. Remember; His will is done always; seek to act within His will. He loves you and knows all of your needs, and will make a way for you no matter what you see ahead of you.
