Quotations: On Patience

“Patience makes that more tol­er­a­ble which it is impos­si­ble to pre­vent or remove.” –Horace

“Patience is bit­ter, but its fruit is sweet.” –J. J. Rousseau

“I see thou hast pass-d sen­tence on my part; and I’ll no longer weep, or plead against it; but with the hum­lest, most obe­di­ent patience meet thy dear hands, and kiss them when they wound me.” –Otway

Here we are in August.  I am reminded of a project I had planned for this month, which I laid aside in favor of God’s plan.  While the project, an out­reach trip to Papua New Guinea, would have been a good thing, it was not God’s tim­ing.  I have thanked God many times since I put aside the trip for His grace and peace in calm­ing my heart and mind after feel­ing a bur­den to go and try­ing to get life set­tled in prepa­ra­tion for it.  I hope that He will see fit in my future to help make a way for me to go.  Please pray in the next two weeks for Stan and Tresa Rowe and their fam­ily in Papua New Guinea as they pre­pare for a revival meet­ing and try to reach more souls for Christ.  Also, remem­ber Jim and Mary Blume, another fine fam­ily and good friends work­ing for His Glory in PNG.

“Patience–Of whose soft grace, I have her sov­er­eign aid, and rest myself con­tent.” –Shakespeare