I am as I am, And so is a stone; Them that don't like me, Must leave me alone.

A patient willingness to defer dividends is a hallmark of individual maturity.

Without making a fetish of goal setting, and without letting "lists" of tasks we desire to do dominate us, some recording of goals is wise not only for the self-reminder these constitute, but also for the satisfaction of crossing things off.

Trials and tribulations tend to squeeze the artificiality out of us, leaving the essence of what we really are and clarifying what we really yearn for.

How myopic it is to view His ministry as all crucifixion and no resurrection!

Therefore, as we strive to become as the Father is and as Jesus is, we are to become more gracious and merciful, more kind and considerate. Even more, we are to do this in a world which does little to encourage such qualities of character.

Perfect love is perfectly patient.