Thought of the Day June 30, 2020 Patience of God with us
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Francis has said: “The patience of God accompanies and waits for us. If we look
at the history of salvation we can see the ‘patience of God, our Father,’ who
has led and carried His ‘stubborn people’ forward each time they strayed one
way or the other.” Even though God would
call them back to their covenant commitment, they would continue to do
abominable things. He would chastise them, but never abandon them, because his
patience is ever lasting.
“The
patience of God is a mystery! How much patience he has with us! We do so many
things, but He is patient. God is patient like the prodigal son’s father who waits
every day for his son to come home.” God
treats us in the same way. How patient has God been with us through our life’s
journey? The Second Letter of Perter reminds us: "The Lord does not delay
his promise, as some regard ‘delay,’ but he is patient with you, not wishing
that any should perish but that all should come to repentance” (3:9). God has
every right to end our relationship with him because of our many sins and the
hardness of our hearts. Instead, God graces us and waits patiently for our
return.
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