Re:Verse passage – 2 Peter 3:8-9 (day three)
“The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you…”
Patience gets viewed through the lens of speed. In that sense, the definition becomes “waiting for the slow person who can’t keep up.” But it has nothing to do with the pace of life, and everything to do with knowing who people are and giving them space to live accordingly. Patience recognizes when certain things – fear, anger, destructive behavior, failure – are not the person. Patience looks on a person and sees deeply, through the shortcomings, weaknesses, and frailty to fathom who this person is at the core, at the place of creation in the image of God. Patience locks in on that true being and will not move on until that being emerges. God does this with you.
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