Posts tagged “Patience”
Sinners get angry quickly
Anger is not an evil emotion. Bible readers know that God occasionally gets angry and that the injustice of our world can anger those…
Slow patience
“The Lord is … patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9). When God allows…
Called out, not kicked out
If I were Jesus, I would have eaten the Lord’s Supper alone. Why? Because I would have kicked out all the apostles long before…
Chill out
About eight years ago at a local Barnes & Noble, while looking at the overpriced DVDs, I found something amusing. Those who say God…
God alone
“For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I…
Why does God wait?
Why doesn’t God just end injustice? If our Father knows about all the unfair things that happen in our communities and in our lives,…
God guides our healing
Look at this beautiful request embedded in one little sentence of Psalm 41: “I said, ‘Lord, be merciful to me; Heal my soul, for…
Delayed wrath
Why doesn’t God stop bad people from doing bad things? There you are, trying to do the godly thing, towing the biblical line, and…
Persistent love
Raise your hand if Hosea is your favorite book of the Bible! I have a feeling there aren’t many hands going up. I felt…
Lord, give me patience with you
Of all the many things I do that irritate my wife, known and unknown, near the top of the list must be her persistent…
Immense patience
One of the unique terms that the Bible uses to describe the Holy Spirit is Paraclete, derived from a word in the Greek original…
A little glimpse of God
It’s easy to see the big ways God works in our lives: the plane that lands safely or a loved one recovering from an…