PATIENCE IS DEFINITELY A VIRTUE!

Hello Ladies,

Take a look at this picture…with the patience that you have, do you think you can stack the rocks?

I just remembered something funny…do you remember the commercial for tootsie pop? Well there is a child and an owl. The child asks the owl how many licks does it take to reach the center of the tootsie pop (the good chocolate center). [Side note: Yum, I know I’m not the only one that is getting hungry for eating a sweet.] Anyways getting back to the commercial, the owl takes the tootsie pop and starts licking it counting 1, 2, 3, (crunch) ends up biting it to get to the center. At the end of the commercial it says “the world will never know”. Ha ha ha, one day I bought a tootsie pop, licked it for a few times and (crunch), I couldn’t wait anymore to get to the chocolate center. That owl was right, the world will never know with the kind of patience we have nowadays. I had to share that with you.

Patience is definitely a virtue!

Patience is one of the Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22). This means that it is part of your life and if you don’t have it, you need to pray for it. However, when you pray for it, be prepared you will receive opportunities to mature in your patience. For example: You go to the grocery store and someone’s child continuously rams the cart on the back of your foot. (Has this happen to you?) or waiting in a long line to pay for your groceries and find out that the cashier is a new employee and is taking a long time? (Has this happen to you?) Believe me God had to work on my patience to go to the grocery store with patience. Thank God that HE did.

Bible Scripture Reference

Galatians 5:22

Dictionary Reference

The word “patience” means:

1. In the Dictionary, the capacity, habit, or fact of being patient.

2. In the Bible dictionary, suffering; enduring or waiting patiently on God.

3. In the Hebrew dictionary, to be long or slow to anger.

4. In the Greek dictionary, to remain firm under (tests and trials); calmness of spirit (do not   lose your temper).

Prayer

Lord Jesus, thank you for always helping me with my patience. I ask you to continue to help me through the process that I can live a life patiently. In the name of Jesus, Amen.

God Bless You Always, Maria Guzman

If you would like to share your experiences with patience and how you overcome them, please comment on the blog. Thank you in advance.