I
decided that a characteristic of Christ that I need to work on is
Patience. Thomas S. Monson gave a great
talk in General Conference back in 1995 (hey that’s the year you were born J
) about patience through tribulation, or hard things in your life. It is called
“Patience – A Heavenly Virtue.”
In his talk, Monson says:
"Life is full of difficulties, some minor and others of a more serious nature. There seems to be an unending supply of challenges for one and all. our problem is that we often expect instantaneous solutions to such challenges, forgetting that frequently the heavenly virtue of patience is required."
I think I need patience with an old house that has a never-ending "maintenance" list, other drivers on the road, and with being so distracted with little things, that I can't complete NEARLY all the things I want to!
Other hard things: learning a new language, learning to live 24/7 with someone else, learning to keep on going even when you might be very tired.
But I can do it! We all can! With patience, the blessings will come, I believe we'll even be blessed in OTHER areas, in addition to the ones we are working on.
"Life is full of difficulties, some minor and others of a more serious nature. There seems to be an unending supply of challenges for one and all. our problem is that we often expect instantaneous solutions to such challenges, forgetting that frequently the heavenly virtue of patience is required."
I think I need patience with an old house that has a never-ending "maintenance" list, other drivers on the road, and with being so distracted with little things, that I can't complete NEARLY all the things I want to!
Other hard things: learning a new language, learning to live 24/7 with someone else, learning to keep on going even when you might be very tired.
But I can do it! We all can! With patience, the blessings will come, I believe we'll even be blessed in OTHER areas, in addition to the ones we are working on.
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