THE POWER OF PATIENCE
The word never means the spirit which sits with folded hands and simply bears things. It is victorious endurance, masculine constancy under trial. It is Christian steadfastness, the brave and courageous acceptance of everything life can do to us, and the transmuting of even the worst into another step on the upward way. It is the courageous and triumphant ability to bear things, which enables a man to pass breaking point and not to break, and always to greet the unseen with a cheer. By William Barclay, Letters of Peter and Jude, pg. 258 (quoted by J. Oswald Sanders, Spiritual Leadership, pg. 98)
To view this resource, log in or sign up for a subscription plan
