Special Guest Post: Patience (From Margie)

weekfour.fruitofthespirit.patience

practicing patience

it seems each piece of fruit, so far, can't survive without the previous. without the first 3 (love.joy.peace) the 4th isn't possible.

• i can't be patient if i don't love the cashier in the slowest line at walmart. (eph4:2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 1cor13:4 love is patient...) 
• it isn't possible to be patient when i allow 3 red lights in a row on owen road to suck the joy out of me. (heb.12:2) 
• without His peace, when worries are the focus, patience is nowhere in sight. (phil.4:6) 

life deals us plenty of hands that are full of opportunities to practice this gift called patience. it's on the list of delicious fruit, given as a deposit when we receive Holy Spirit. the Word says we can have it. don’t be afraid to start asking for it. you'll get it! the more practice you get, the more natural patience becomes. besides, what would we need patience for if everything went perfectly the way we want it?

how are you doing in the patience department?

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