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Tuesday, 7 October 2014

Patience is a Virtue

Patience is a Virtue, what does that phrase mean? It means to the ability to wait for something or someone without being angry or upset is a good and valuable quality. I remembered at some point that a Missionary Girlfriend asked "What if the missions were 5 years?" Some girls answered "No." Some girls answered "2 Years is long enough." My comment was "Just always remember Patience is a Virtue."

If you can't see the Image, it says "Patience is a Virtue"

I always think about to Trust in the Lord. He has our Missionaries as his servants to go and serve their Missions. Heavenly Father knows our needs, he knows what is best for us, he is mindful of us and he knows many more things. Just remember that our Missionaries is taking 2 years of their life to serve the Lord. Sometimes it is great have an understanding of Patience. I will be sharing one example of Patience and what I have noticed that what is Patience today.

One Example of Patience:
The Lord, Jesus Christ, is our perfect example of patience. Though absolutely unyielding in adherence to the truth, he exemplified patience repeatedly during his mortal ministry. He was patient with his disciples, including the Twelve, despite their lack of faith and their slowness to recognize and understand his divine mission. He was patient with the multitudes as they pressed about him, with the woman taken in sin, with those who sought his healing power, and with little children. Finally, he remained patient through the sufferings of his mock trials and his crucifixion.

Patience Today:
We should learn to be patient with ourselves. Recognising our strengths and our weaknesses, we should strive to use good judgement in all of our choices and decisions, make good use of every opportunity, and do our best in every task we undertake. We should not be unduly discouraged nor in despair at any time when we are doing the best we can. Rather, we should be satisfied with our progress even though it may come slowly at times.

We should be patient in developing and strengthening our testimonies. Rather than expecting immediate or spectacular manifestations, though they will come when needed, we should pray for a testimony, study the scriptures, follow the counsel of our prophet and other Church leaders, and live the principles of the gospel. Our testimonies then will grow and mature naturally, perhaps imperceptibly at times, until they become driving forces in our lives.

Patience with family members and others who are close to us is vital for us to have happy homes. However, we often seem more willing to be courteous and polite with strangers than with those in our own family circles. For some reason, criticism, sharp language, and quarrelling too often seem to be acceptable at home but not away from home.

In closing, I covered what is example of patience, what is patience today, and I shall leave with a short testimony of Patience and I would like to share it with you.

I would like to bare my testimony on Patience. Everyday, I go through patience. It is either to be patient for waiting to receive an answer from a prayer or whatever it is, it is certainly testing my patience and faith. I always try to patient with family members, I know it can be one of the hard things to go through. I shall leave this things are true, in the name of Jesus Christ Amen.

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