I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT IF THERE’S ONE THING THAT FRUSTRATES ME, it’s waiting at a traffic light while the driver in front of me just sits there when the light turns green. I try not to beep, but then the light turns red and I have to wait another two minutes. Am I too impatient? Can anyone out there identify with me?
Did you hear about the guy whose car stalled in heavy traffic as the light turned green? All his efforts to start the engine failed, and a chorus of honking behind him made matters worse. He finally got out of his car and walked back to the first driver and said, “I’m sorry, but I can’t seem to get my car started. If you’ll go up there and give it a try, I’ll stay here and blow your horn for you!”
Someone said, “Patience is like a mosquito sitting of an anemic person who is waiting for a blood transfusion.” I know one thing for sure---I need to acquire more of it. I expect it from others, therefore I must extend it to them as well.
A train was filled with tired people. Most of them had spent the day traveling through the hot dusty plains and at last evening had come and they all tried to settle down to a sound sleep. However, at one end of the car a man was holding a tiny baby and as night came on the baby became restless and cried more and more. Unable to take it any longer, a big brawny man spoke for the rest of the group. "Why don't you take that baby to its mother?" There was a moment's pause and then came the reply. "I'm sorry. I'm doin' my best. The baby's mother is in her casket in the baggage car ahead." Again there was an awful silence for a moment. Then the big man who asked the cruel question was out of his seat and moved toward the man with the motherless child. He apologized for his impatience and unkind remark. He took the tiny baby in his own arms and told the tired father to get some sleep. Then in loving patience he cared for the little child all through the night.
WHAT LOVE DOES. Love is Patient – It takes a long time before fuming and breaking into flames. Love doesn’t retaliate. Love’s patience is the ability to be inconvenienced by a person over & over again without getting angry. It refuses to pay back evil for evil, but if slapped on the right cheek, will turn the left. One of Abraham Lincoln’s earliest political enemies was Edwin M. Stanton. He called Lincoln a “low cunning clown” and “the original gorilla”. “It was ridiculous for people to go to Africa to see a gorilla,” he would say, “when they could find one easily in Springfield, ILL.” Lincoln never responded to the slander, but when, as president, he needed a secretary of war, he chose Stanton. When his surprised friends asked why, Lincoln replied, “Because he is the best man.” Years later, as the slain president’s body lay in State, Stanton looked into the coffin and said through his tears, “There lies the greatest ruler of men the world has ever seen.” His anger was finally broken by Lincoln’s long-suffering, non-retaliatory spirit.
Lord, please help me to be a patient person, to wait upon You--- to use time constructively. Help me to keep in step with You and not run ahead or lag behind. Give me the spirit of a Lincoln, whether I am at a traffic light or enduring the insults of others.
Did you hear about the guy whose car stalled in heavy traffic as the light turned green? All his efforts to start the engine failed, and a chorus of honking behind him made matters worse. He finally got out of his car and walked back to the first driver and said, “I’m sorry, but I can’t seem to get my car started. If you’ll go up there and give it a try, I’ll stay here and blow your horn for you!”
Someone said, “Patience is like a mosquito sitting of an anemic person who is waiting for a blood transfusion.” I know one thing for sure---I need to acquire more of it. I expect it from others, therefore I must extend it to them as well.
A train was filled with tired people. Most of them had spent the day traveling through the hot dusty plains and at last evening had come and they all tried to settle down to a sound sleep. However, at one end of the car a man was holding a tiny baby and as night came on the baby became restless and cried more and more. Unable to take it any longer, a big brawny man spoke for the rest of the group. "Why don't you take that baby to its mother?" There was a moment's pause and then came the reply. "I'm sorry. I'm doin' my best. The baby's mother is in her casket in the baggage car ahead." Again there was an awful silence for a moment. Then the big man who asked the cruel question was out of his seat and moved toward the man with the motherless child. He apologized for his impatience and unkind remark. He took the tiny baby in his own arms and told the tired father to get some sleep. Then in loving patience he cared for the little child all through the night.
WHAT LOVE DOES. Love is Patient – It takes a long time before fuming and breaking into flames. Love doesn’t retaliate. Love’s patience is the ability to be inconvenienced by a person over & over again without getting angry. It refuses to pay back evil for evil, but if slapped on the right cheek, will turn the left. One of Abraham Lincoln’s earliest political enemies was Edwin M. Stanton. He called Lincoln a “low cunning clown” and “the original gorilla”. “It was ridiculous for people to go to Africa to see a gorilla,” he would say, “when they could find one easily in Springfield, ILL.” Lincoln never responded to the slander, but when, as president, he needed a secretary of war, he chose Stanton. When his surprised friends asked why, Lincoln replied, “Because he is the best man.” Years later, as the slain president’s body lay in State, Stanton looked into the coffin and said through his tears, “There lies the greatest ruler of men the world has ever seen.” His anger was finally broken by Lincoln’s long-suffering, non-retaliatory spirit.
Lord, please help me to be a patient person, to wait upon You--- to use time constructively. Help me to keep in step with You and not run ahead or lag behind. Give me the spirit of a Lincoln, whether I am at a traffic light or enduring the insults of others.
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