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judith collier:
Dear NB, I am the most impatient person you could ever find. I have this hurry complex and I believe it is based in fear. Faster, faster, I do not know why. Sometimes it is a mental disorder(not suggesting you) I take medication to slow it down. I am getting a good grip on it though by practicing WAITING FOR JUST A FEW MORE SECONDS BEFORE RESPONDING OR ACTING. The results are fantastic as I am much calmer after practicing instead of giving in to it. Judy

Roy Coates:
Seeking Him. Asking for help. Prayer and sharing with likeminded other.

Sounds to me like you are heading in the right direction. Peace, comfort, understanding and grace to you in the name of Jesus.

Roy

meee:
Another thing about patience.

 As I was re-reading " What is the Father's will ? "  ,at the very end of the 32 pages is this:



                I got as email just yesterday, a man said anybody that couldn’t do what God wants to do for humanity, instantly, is not God.  Some things, by there very nature, require time and circumstances.  The gift of the Holy Spirit is patience, well I want it and I want it now, no.  Patience is waiting for something under duress and the pain of not having it, that’s patience.  How can you develop that without time and duress.  The more you think about it, just try to think of one virtue, love, kindness, faith, any virtue that you try to think of, that is not in some way, shape or form the result of overcoming some form of evil. To be good you must overcome evil.  Because your tendency is to be evil.
 
1Cor 15:1  Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand,
v. 2  and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you--unless you believed in vain.
v. 3  For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
v. 4  that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures;

We have yet much to learn!
Ray

Ninny:
NB, was it Aristotle who said "patience is a virtue"? It is actually a Biblical principle as Ray pointed out in the quote that Meee put up. I'm not sure, but I know it is something we all want to attain to! I'm not so sure that any of us are born with it or really have an easy time finding it. I think it does come easier to some than to others! I know people who just have none whatsoever! I think sometimes when we make the same mistakes over and over again God is working in us to bring us patience. I have often thought about the Israelites on their journey through to the promised land. They took 40 years to go somewhere that would normally have only taken a few weeks! I call it "going around the mountain" how many times must we go around the same mountain to reach our destination? It's like a puppy chasing his tail!

We just tend to keep going around! I know it is frustrating when you can see the prize in front of you, but you just can't quite reach it! I guess it is a gift from God this patience! When I get really frustrated with something I just have to lay it aside and rest from it a bit and then pick it up again later and then I can look at it with a fresh eye. Some of the things Ray teaches are so foreign to the way we've been taught that it is always best to walk away and then come back a little later and take it bit by bit and always asking God to lead you! I will pray for your understanding and patience. God is a gentle Father and he will be patient with YOU while you are learning patience! All this probably doesn't help you, but God is right there beside you and He will give you just what you need when you need it!
Smile!
Kathy ;) 

NoviceBeliever:
Ninny, Meee, Dave, Roy, Mark & Judy:
Thank you for your thoughts, prayers, and support...I am just back from a few days of uninterupted contemplation (aren't holiday weekends great!)  Luckily, I had internet available at my sisters, so there was many a night that I was up and reading until the wee hours, with many highs and lows.  I am back with a vengence and a purpose....and am now printing many of the things that I am trying to understand. So the lesson learned...stop reading the last page of every book I get my hands on and understand things little by little...

God bless you all! NB

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