PATIENCE:

WOW DID I LEARN A LESSON THIS WEEK, I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY AND MAKE THINGS IN THEIR LIFE EASY THEN IT GETS TURNED AROUND ON ME. FEELING ANGRY AND HURT, I DECIDED TO READ, I CAME UPON A TALK BY PRESIDENT DIETER F. UCHTDORF THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE. IT'S NOT EVERYTHING HE TALKED ABOUT, BUT IT STUCK IN MY MIND. PATIENCE, A FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT::::: PATIENCE IS A GODLY ATTRIBUTE THAT CAN HEAL SOULS, UNLOCK TREASURES OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING, AND TRANSFORM ORDINARY MEN AND WOMEN INTO SAINTS AND ANGELS. PATIENCE IS TRULY A FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT. PATIENCE MEANS STAYING WITH SOMETHING UNTIL THE END. IT MEANS DELAYING IMMEDIATE GRATIFICATION FOR FUTURE BLESSINGS. IT MEANS REINING IN ANGER AND HOLDING BACK THE UNKIND WORD. IT MEANS RESISTING EVIL, EVEN WHEN IT APPEARS TO BE MAKING OTHERS RICH. PATIENCE MEANS ACCEPTING THAT WHICH CANNOT BE CHANGED AND FACING IT WITH COURAGE, GRACE, AND FAITH. IT MEANS BEING "WILLING TO SUBMIT TO ALL THINGS WHICH THE LORD SEETH FIT TO INFLICT UPON US, EVEN AS A CHILD DOTH SUBMIT TO HIS FATHER. ULTIMATELY, PATIENCE MEANS BEING "FIRM AND STEADFAST, AND IMMOVABLE IN KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY, EVEN WHEN IT IS HARD TO DO SO. PATIENCE MEANS TO ABIDE IN FAITH, KNOWING THAT SOMETIMES IT IS IN THE WAITING RATHER THAN IN THE RECEIVING THAT WE GROW THE MOST. PATIENCE IS A PROCESS OF PERFECTION. THE SAVIOR HIMSELF SAID THAT IN YOUR PATIENCE YOU POSSESS YOUR SOULS. OR, TO USE ANOTHER TRANSLATION OF THE GREEK TEXT, IN YOUR PATIENCE YOU WIN MASTERY OF YOUR SOULS.