More than waiting

Creators like Einstein are fascinating.

Doers like Churchill seem magnificent.

So for most of my life,  when I (erroneously) thought of patience as passively waiting, I cringed with distain. 

I wanted to do it now. I wanted progress now!

Then I learned that patience is working while waiting. Patience is a process. Patience is not knowing the ending but enjoying the journey and the uncertainty.

Patience is recognizing that termination points, style and substance are up to God, and I'm not Him. 

A wise person once said*, "Patience is a purifying process."

I say patience is a purifying process, not a terrifying process.

Patience is fundamental to great relationships and living abundantly.

(*see Continue In Patience)

(Photo courtesy John Morgan )