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Good Things Come to Those Who Wait Cultivate Patience and Perseverance!
Some ways to cultivate patience in our lives:
- Practice gratitude for the good things in your life
- Anchor your life in the love and grace and strength of God
- Try to understand and empathize with the sufferings of others
- Invite inspiration from the lives of Christians who have gone before, observing and imitating their patience in suffering
- Endure daily irritations and delays without complaint
- Nurture humility and surrender, as Jesus did
- Consider trials not as nuisances but as opportunities to grow in patience
- Embrace small challenges by practicing patience in everyday situations, gradually building up your tolerance for discomfort
Some ways to cultivate perseverance, or grit, in our lives:
- Go forward with courage, one choice at a time, one breath at a time
- Run together with perseverance the race that is set before us
- Imitate Christ Jesus in humble obedience
- Try to endure through trials, asking for help as needed