Patience

Patience VS Forbearance

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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

Anger the Contagious Fire

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AI Created "Anger the Contagious Fire"

I write this post not to boast, but to expose my weakness and to hopefully help others who may also struggle with the flame of Anger

I have noticed lately that although the amount of patience has increased due to the number of problems that require patience

Someone else’s frustration has led to anger, leapt across even the smallest spark that ignited to become anger the contagious fire, without realising how quickly and easily it spreads

At one time my own vanity sparked anger, in my arrogates I thought my gift would please who I had bought it for, but when it was rejected

My anger was swiftly ignited and I reacted with uncalled-for insults, and justly reprimanded

Which led me to humbly apologise for my outburst of self-righteous behaviour

Since then, several times I have struggled not to allow someone else anger to ignite the consuming fire of anger, instead allow love and patience to snuff out any spark

Patience

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“Patience is a virtue not many folks possess” is the only line of a poem my wife wrote

Which came into my mind recently when my wife while more asleep than awake

Pushed against me with force while lying beside me in bed, not seeming to know it was me her husband whom she thrust at

Within a split second my own anger sparked within me to retaliate; any notion of patience faded

If I the husband of nearly 40 years felt such anger towards such child-like women as my wife

Was incapable of containing unwarranted anger toward my own wife

Then I do not deserve to be loved or forgiven, because at that moment in time I was neither patient or forging

The Lord God thankfully stayed my hand from harming my beloved wife, in the way my anger would have directed me to do

Afterthought: Patience needs to be practised daily along with prayer so it may grow and replace all that is not of God