Love is Patient

September 9, 2007 · Filed Under All Entries, HE Speaks 

“Let your patience show itself perfectly in what you do.”
James 1:4

Sometime ago our church staff attended a leadership conference. Especially interested in one class, I arrived early and snagged a front-row seat. As the speaker began, however, I was distracted by a couple of voices in the back of the room. Two guys were mumbling to each other. I was giving serious thought to shooting a glare over my shoulder when the speaker offered an explanation. “Forgive me,” he said. “I forgot to explain why the two fellows at the back of the class are talking. One of them is an elder at a new church in Romania. He has traveled here to learn about church leadership. But he doesn’t speak English, so the message is being translated.”

All of a sudden everything changed. Patience replaced impatience. Why? Because patience always hitches a ride with understanding. “A man of understanding holds his tongue” (Prov. 11:12 NIV). Don’t miss the connection between understanding and patience. Before you blow up, listen up. Before you strike out, tune in.

1 of 365 devotionals in Grace for the Moment, Volume 2
Originally printed in A Love Worth Giving

Mirrored:

Insightful. We often try to be more patient with the things that irritates us. That however, requires a lot of effort because we fail to understand.

The next time that my patience is tested, instead of plainly holding my tongue, I will seek to understand. With that, patience will come out naturally.

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  1. 24 on Mon, 10th Sep 2007 12:52 AM 

    yes, when we become patient, we learn to understand. advanced happy B!

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  2. iRonnie on Mon, 10th Sep 2007 4:43 PM 

    waa! you got it mixed up. :D
    anyway i hope you had a birthday blast!

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  3. Rebecca on Wed, 12th Sep 2007 2:29 PM 

    hay, just what I need now…lots and lots of patience w/someone! :(

    ah talaga lapit na ba birthday mo? when? ;)

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  4. iRonnie on Wed, 12th Sep 2007 9:03 PM 

    seek to understand that person REBECCA. impatience comes because we fail to understand. it doesn’t mean that we have to live with one’s failure, what we need is to understand where one is coming from so we could correct in love.

    medyo malapit na nga hehe. bandang next week. thanks for dropping by. i’ll be linking to your blog. ;)

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  5. Rebecca on Thu, 13th Sep 2007 9:38 AM 

    very well said iRonnie :) thanks.

    uy ayaw sabihin kung kailan talaga…ok then so advance happy birthday na sa iyo just in case hindi kita ma-greet kung kailan man yon. ;) and btw, matagal na kita ni-link so I hope you don’t mind para kasi mabilis kita madalaw :)

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  6. iRonnie on Thu, 13th Sep 2007 10:12 AM 

    yup no problem with the linking. i have also added you to my link page. my “the” day is on tuesday. thanks for the advance greetings. :D

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