Patience

Whoever has perpetual patience must be a god. Because with people committing sins everyday, only a merciful God can forgive us even if we offend Him repeatedly.

Patience is indeed a virtue and according to Wiki, virtue is “moral excellence”. To have patience is synonymous to having a superior level of maturity, wisdom and humility. I also believe a person’s patience manifests his intensity of faith in the Lord, leaving to His hand the daily course of life and that things will go ok in the end.

Everyday is a struggle to be patient: from daily routines of waiting for the bus or driving along a traffic highway, falling in long queues in the train station, fast food and ATMs, to the long search of a perfect partner. Even in the office, my patience is tested whenever I encounter difficult clients and sluggish co-workers. Each time I feel like blurting a nasty remark towards those who test my patience, I try my best to pause, bite my lip, count up to 10 (to give me ample time to think and rethink my comment) before I say something. And to keep my poise and sanity in check, I pray for patience.

So let me share with you a good prayer for patience:

Lord, teach me to be patient - with life, with people, and with myself. I sometimes try to hurry things along too much, and I push for answers before the time is right. Teach me to trust Your sense of timing rather than my own and to surrender my will to Your greater and wiser plan. Help me let life unfold slowly, like the small rosebud whose petals unravel bit by bit, and remind me that in hurrying the bloom along, I destroy the bud and much of the beauty therein.

Instead, let me wait for all to unfold in its own time. Each moment and state of growth contains a loveliness. Teach me to slow down enough to appreciate life and all it holds. Amen

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