Posted in Patience on Dec 19th, 2013
Waiting is sometimes not what we want to do.
Do we really like being in a long line at the store? Or the bank? Or the gas station? Or at the doctor’s office?
Do we like waiting for months or years to meet the one we’ve prayed will be our life soulmate? […]
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Posted in Patience on Jul 15th, 2013
When it comes to sharing our faith, I believe that we’re far more likely to show our relationship with God than we are to speak of our relationship with God.
Of course, both are important when it comes to being the ambassadors for Christ that we’re called to be (2 Corinthians 5:20).
Through the course of the […]
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Posted in Patience on Jun 17th, 2013
Believers are sometimes criticized sharply not because of the malice of others, but instead because others don’t have the whole picture.
The Apostle Peter was criticized by Jewish Christians in Acts 11 because he shared the gospel with Gentiles.
Peter had been, in fact, among those who thought Gentiles shouldn’t hear the gospel, despite Jesus’ clear […]
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Posted in Patience on Feb 15th, 2013
I once would have thought this affliction of non-compliant electrons was ridiculous.
But years of computer and Internet quirks have conditioned me to accept as semi-normal the problem that has again occurred this morning.
I have a Morning Devotion to share with you but it’s still floating in cyberspace somewhere.
I write them at home early in the […]
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Posted in Patience on Aug 14th, 2012
Living as a faithful Christian involves putting up sometimes with unfaithful behavior of other Christians.
I’m talking about behavior such as nit-picking, critical words of others who don’t like us and who will grasp at straws to find something about which to complain.
Fortunately, this doesn’t happen much for most of us. When it does, though, […]
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