Patience VS Forbearance

Gowth

Both are fruits of the spirit, I must admit, I thought they were different

It turns out they are both part of the same process. Patience is the starting point, whereas forbearance is the ongoing process of patience, which can span even years and with God, thousands upon many thousands of years

To be honest, I have found being patient throughout even one day with my epileptic wife, I struggle due to the side effects of assorted medications

Which, all too often, can alter her mood from a happy and contented lady into a moody and bored person who finds it difficult to reject thoughts that depress her

I am grateful to God who bestowed on me patience, which is blossoming into forbearance and the understanding of its fullness.

I say these words not to boast, for if it were not for the grace of God through the sacrifice of Jesus, I would have continued to be hopelessly lost in my sin with no hope

It is with a grateful heart that I continue to praise God every day He gives me breath

Procrastination

All of us are prone to put off everything until tomorrow, we use excuses as tools to procrastinate

Fuelled by our own laziness and dislike of any changes, can frequently spur us onto procrastination

I confess I dislike unexpected changes; it’s unsettling to find something you are comfortable with using, is suddenly changed often without warning  

There have been some changes, I have been grateful for, the main one having my sins forgiven and being freed from my addiction

I count myself fortunate to have a Saviour who is patient faithful enough to wait for me to acknowledge I was a slave to my addiction (sin) and in desperate need of His saving grace

As if I had procrastinated another tomorrow could have been too late, for me to admit my sin and that I needed His saving grace

Dear reader, if you have any sin you are still clinging onto, don’t put off confessing and asking for forgiveness, for tomorrow may be too late

Take it from me, wretched sinner that I am, nothing you enjoy and indulge in secret, will ever satisfy

Whatever sin you take pleasure in, will drag deeper into darker places

Enslaving you, make you blind to your sinfulness, it will rob you of peace and joy

Any love you once had, will become corroded, and corrupted beyond your understanding

Confess your sins, pray to Jesus to forgive you, ask Him to cleans you and made you a new creation

As to myself, I have freely given up my free will, rather than continue to missuse it, I would rather continue to be a sevent to Christ than a slave to sin

Even if,

Even if, I am unable to prove there is a Creator God

Even So, I Will Praise Him

Even if, this life was all there was

Even So, I will Live for Him alone

Even if, I may never enter into Heaven

Even So, I Will Praise Him

Even if, many may say Jesus was a fictional character

Even So, I Know He Lives and Died for me and all who believe in Him

Even if, many may mock and call me names

Even So, I care not for what men may say

Even So, I know my Saviour lives, He lives within my heart

No one can ever sway my belief in Jesus and His saving Grace

There is no power on earth that can alter even one moment of my rebirth

No one or spirit can take away the Joy my Lord has graciously given me

Jesus gave me freedom from that old self, that once enslaved me

Praise You my soul for You are Worthy of all Praise

Every day you give me breath I will sing Your Praises

Amen