Patient......

Patience .....

Standing in front of the microwave, complaining because it is not fast enough...

Stuck in traffic, for "hours" at a time...

Waiting for a computer to re-boot.....yet again...

Waiting for the last ones to arrive.....

Changing yet another diaper...

Sitting in a doctors office, surrounded by coughing people....

Waiting for the doctor's diagnosis.....

Each enough to wear down one's patience.....but there we are....waiting....patiently or not so patiently...some trying , others annoying, but waiting just the same....oh, how the wait seem endless.....our patience is tried .....how are we reacting....that is the bottom line....

Are we known as inpatient or patient, slow to anger or hot tempered, on time or "....always late", calm or irritable.....are we seeking or just annoyed....

Thank you for the word "patient".  It is not a word that comes to mind or heart easily ...You display it, and expect us to do likewise.....we can only do it with Your divine help and intervention....thank you that you care enough to help...and are patient with me....



Nehemiah 9:30
For many years you were patient with them. By your Spirit you warned them through your prophets. Yet they paid no attention, so you gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples..

Job 6:11
“What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient?

Psalm 37:7
Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.

Psalm 40:1
[ Psalm 40 ] [ For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. ] I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry.
Proverbs 14:29
Whoever is patient has great understanding, but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.

Proverbs 15:18
A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.

Proverbs 16:32
Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city.

Isaiah 38:13
I waited patiently till dawn, but like a lion he broke all my bones; day and night you made an end of me.

Habakkuk 3:16
I heard and my heart pounded, my lips quivered at the sound; decay crept into my bones, and my legs trembled. Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity to come on the nation invading us.

Matthew 18:26
“At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.

Acts 26:3
and especially so because you are well acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. Therefore, I beg you to listen to me patiently.

Romans 8:25
But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

Romans 12:12
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

2 Corinthians 1:6
If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer.

Ephesians 4:2
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

1 Thessalonians 5:14
And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone.

Hebrews 6:15
And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised.

James 5:7
[ Patience in Suffering ] Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains.

James 5:8
You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near.

1 Peter 3:20a
to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah ....
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

Revelation 1:9
[ John’s Vision of Christ ] I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

Revelation 3:10
Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.

Revelation 13:10
“If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity they will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword they will be killed.” This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of God’s people.

Revelation 14:12
This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus.