Quotes about Patience

Delays are as much a part of God plan as answered prayers. God wants you to trust him.

Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.

Life is like a combination lock; your job is to find the right numbers, in the right order, so you can have everything you want.

Ask for what you want, but be willing to take what God gives you. It may be better than what you asked for.

When life is difficult, God wants us to have a faith that trusts and waits.

Be careful not to compromise what you want most for what you want now.

Whether we like it or not, God intends to give us what we need, not what we now think we want

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Patience is how love diffuses something negative; kindness is how love initiates something positive.

When you choose to be patient, you respond in a positive way to a negative situation. You are slow to anger. You choose to have a long fuse instead of a quick temper. Rather than being restless and demanding, love helps you settle down and begin extending mercy to those around you. Patience brings an internal calm during an external storm.

But in addition to spiritual matters, providing for your family's emotional needs must also remain a priority. One reason to avoid constantly coming home drained and depleted from too many hours of work is so you're not as likely to be touchy, impatient, and irritable around your family. Part of their emotional well-being depends on the pleasantness of your conversation, your ability to give them your full attention, and your quickness to be understanding and forgiving.

If patience is how love reacts in order to minimize a negative circumstance, kidness is how love acts to maximize a positive circumstance. Patience avoids a problem; kidness creates a blessing.