Patience

I'm reading the book by Oswald Sanders, "Spiritual Leadership." From chapters 1-8, the author tells about the qualities of a leader. One of such is having patience and this is how Sanders defines the term.

Patience
- it is victorious endurance and constancy under trial
- a courageous and triumphant ability to bear things

With the abovementioned definitions, I tried to assess myself. I must admit I fall short.

It is not:
- being half asleep
- ignoring things

I also agree when Sanders said, "Patience meets its most difficult test in personal relationships."

Point to ponder:
"The evidence of our strength lies not in the distance that separates us from other runners, but in our closure with them, our slower pace for their sakes, our helping them pick it up and cross the line"

"We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves."
- Romans 1:15