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Be Still And Know
I have lived most of my life struggling with patience. Yes, patience. I often joke that I have the patience of a gnat. As you know, gnats are very persistent. That’s me!
Slowly and slowly, as the years have gone by, for one reason or another, I have realized that I am not in control. Shocker! As much as I try to be, from precision planning to not planning, I am not in control. I have to remind myself in every situation time and time again, BE STILL.
It is not in my timing, it is not my way, it is not my will.
It is in God’s timing, it is God’s way, it is God’s will.
Patience takes time. Patience takes trust.
Lack of patience can cause anxiety. I still have anxiety, in those moments of upset, I remind myself that I am not in control. I remind myself to “Be still and Know”.
At one point in my house in every room, I had wooden plaques or either a decal on the wall that said “Be Still & Know”, to remind me. I know I must remain still and breathe.
This is a learned behavior for me. It is difficult. It is a challenge.
The quality or virtue of patience is presented as either forbearance or endurance. In the former sense, it is a quality of self-restraint or of not giving way to anger, even in the face of provocation; it is attributed to both God and man and is closely related to mercy and compassion.
KJV – Bible Verses – Patience
Romans 12:12– Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Romans 8:25 – But if we hope for that we see not, [then] do we with patience wait for [it].
Galatians 6:9 – And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap if we faint not.
Psalms 37:7-9 – Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Philippians 4:6 – Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Jeremiah 29:11 – For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Ecclesiastes 7:9 – Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Ephesians 4:2 – With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
1 Corinthians 13:4 – Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
James 1:19 – Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
1 Peter 2:19-23 – For this [is] thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
Romans 5:4 – And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
Isaiah 40:31– But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint.
Proverbs 15:18 – A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but [he that is] slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Ecclesiastes 7:8 – Better [is] the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: [and] the patient in spirit [is] better than the proud in spirit.
As my life evolves and on days like today, I must remind myself to be still and wait!
It also helps me to share with you my tips and I hope they help you
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