The other day, I read something interesting, "God prepares leaders in a slow-cooker, not in a microwave oven." (A Leader's Heart, John Maxwell)
The author of the above quote also noted how Noah waited more than one hundred years for the predicted rains to arrive (when it had never rained before on the earth). Abraham waited years for the promised heir. Joseph waited in prison because of a crime that he did not commit. Job, endured the hardship of losing everything; family, possessions, and health.
Sometimes, all the time, patience is necessary.
James 1:2-4, "My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. (NKJV)
And let us not forget the old saying, "what does not kill us, only makes us stronger." It will not kill us to be patient, it will only make us stronger.
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