If we ask God for patience, God will not create adversity in our lives to make it happen.
Oh, my goodness! If I had a dollar each time a pastor mistakenly drove home this message to me, I would easily have a couple of hundred dollars in my bank account. It got so bad I prayed for adversity to come so that I would acquire more and more patience! Not once did I stop to think God would not bring adversity to me so I could develop “long-suffering.”
Don’t underestimate your acts of love. If anyone needed to hear this encouraging word, it is me. I remember countless times of going out my way to help this person or that person with no expectations of hearing a “thank you.” Seldom did someone say “thanks.” Most people ignored my acts of love and once a person said “I don’t want to be bothered by you so why do you want to be bothered by me.” Rejection always stings and hurts so it really comforts me to know that God sees my feeble attempts to brighten someone’s day.
Clinton Scott says
If we ask God for patience, God will not create adversity in our lives to make it happen.
Oh, my goodness! If I had a dollar each time a pastor mistakenly drove home this message to me, I would easily have a couple of hundred dollars in my bank account. It got so bad I prayed for adversity to come so that I would acquire more and more patience! Not once did I stop to think God would not bring adversity to me so I could develop “long-suffering.”
Don’t underestimate your acts of love. If anyone needed to hear this encouraging word, it is me. I remember countless times of going out my way to help this person or that person with no expectations of hearing a “thank you.” Seldom did someone say “thanks.” Most people ignored my acts of love and once a person said “I don’t want to be bothered by you so why do you want to be bothered by me.” Rejection always stings and hurts so it really comforts me to know that God sees my feeble attempts to brighten someone’s day.