Quotes about Patience

O]ur applications are quicker about our sufferings, than our sins(77)[.]

As Socrates said when his wife first railed at him, and next threw a vessel of foul water upon him, "I thought when I heard the thunder, there would come rain

Alert expectancy. What an exciting way to look at things! Our faith in Christ gives us the opportunity to live in a state of alert expectancy; patiently waiting for what God will do next. People who choose this path will one day look back in amazement at what God did.

There will be times when you do not comprehend why He allows certain things to occur, and that is to be expected.

Whenever it seems that God is not doing anything fresh in your life, focus on the love relationship and stay there until God gives you a new assignment.

In terms of soul work, we dare not get rid of the pain before we have learned what it has to teach us.

You rest in God, not in outcomes.

Do not get rid of your hurts until you have learned all that they have to teach you.

There is no straight line to Goodness, to Love, or to God. And thank God, Grace is always retroactive.

Contemplation is waiting patiently for the gaps to be filled in, and it does not insist on quick closure or easy answers. It never rushes to judgment, and in fact avoids making quick judgments because judgments have more to do with egoic, personal control than with a loving search for truth.

God does not come uninvited. God and grace cannot enter without an opening from our side, or we would be mere robots. God does not want robots, but lovers who freely choose to love in return for love. And toward that supreme end, God seems quite willing to wait, cajole, and entice.

God does not change, but our readiness for such a God takes a long time to change.