Quotes on Patience
"I'm a devotee of the old
M*A*S*H reruns on television. If you've watched the show, you're
familiar with the character Radar O'Reilly.
He's called Radar because he senses events before others have
become aware of them. As a frontline hospital unit in the Korean
conflict, the doctors of M*A*S*H received many of their
wounded patients via helicopter. In the middle of all sorts of
activities and noises, Radar would say, "Oh, oh. We've got wounded."
Everybody would pause, listening for distant helicopters, and
somebody would say, "I don't hear anything."
To which Radar would respond, "Wait for it." And he was
always right.
You say that you want patience? You can have it. Patience is
only a matter of time. Wait for it."
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of
witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that
so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race
marked out for us.”
This must be history's most impatient generation. Nations are
concerned about economic woes, impatiently seeking quick fixes.
"Little" wars rage, demonstrating humanity's terrible ill-temper
when it comes to solving regional and national disputes. There is
concern over the environment and energy resources. There's a sense
of panic in practically every news story from Washington to
Timbuktu. How can we possibly live in patient trust like "a tree
planted by the waters"?
"That's okay for people with ordinary problems, but I'm
overloaded with major troubles I can't do anything about and I need
answers right now."
Isn't that our state of mind?
But the psalmist says, "Cast your cares on the LORD and he
will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall" (Psalms
55:22).
“Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with
yourself.”
"So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.
You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God,
you will receive what he has promised."
“God engineers our circumstances as he did those of his Son; all we
have to do is to follow where he places us. The majority of us are
busy trying to place ourselves. God alters things while we wait for
him.”
“God isn't joking when he says to trust Him.
He's not like Lucy in the Peanuts comic strip, perennially
coaxing Charlie Brown into kicking the football one more time—then
at the last second yanking it away and taunting "Gotcha!" The
apostle Paul knew the meaning of distress and hardship, but he said
"If God is for us, who is against us?" Paul was certain that he had
committed the ebb and flow of his life to the all-powerful and
loving God.”
~
Michael LeFan,
Patience, My Foot!
"Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has
stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has
promised to those who love him."
-- James 1:12
“A handful of patience is
worth more than a bushel of brains “
— Dutch Proverb
"A Wreath of Roses"
