Quotes about Patience

Faith, girl, faith. At the end of the day, that's all we have." Charlotte rested her cheek against her

Charlotte." No, no, no. "Dixie, wait, listen to me—

You let him figure the outcome. We make our plans, but God directs our steps.

But for God...

Lord, here we are, Nate and me. One hundred percent available. We don't know what's ahead, but you do. Whatever it is, we'll love it because you love us. And you are good.

I don't know what the future may hold, but I know who holds the future.

Some of your hurts you have cured, And the sharpest you still have survived, But what torments of grief you endured From the evil which never arrived.

Adopt the pace of nature.

It was much easier to obey God when he said, "Fight!" or "Argue!" or "Sacrifice yourself!" But when he said, "Wait!"—that made things hard. Ari was good at that sort of thing. He

Love is a commitment that will be tested in the most vulnerable areas of spirituality, a commitment that will force you to make some very difficult choices. It is a commitment that demands that you deal with your lust, your greed, your pride, your power, your desire to control, your temper, your patience, and every area of temptation that the Bible clearly talks about. It demands the quality of commitment that Jesus demonstrates in His relationship to us.

We spend vast amounts of time and energy crafting a thesis in our heads of how life should play out. Then Almighty God spends an incredibly brief amount of time blowing our thesis to bits.

Singleness can be a wonderful furnace.