[Manna - February 12]
Let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. James 1:4
NOT a step of progress can be gained without
the exercise of this grace of patience; and not one of
the graces more beautifully adorns the Christian
character, or wins the approval of the world's conscience,
or glorifies the God of all grace whose truth
inspires it.
It is long-suffering meekness earnestly
striving to stem the tide of human imperfection and
weakness, and endeavoring with painstaking care to
regain the divine likeness; it is slow to wrath and
plenteous in mercy; it is quick to perceive the paths
of truth and righteousness, and prompt to walk in
them; it is mindful of its own imperfections and sympathetic
with the imperfections and shortcomings of
others. Z.'93-295 R3090:2