Monday, June 11, 2007

Day 34

箴言 14:29
不輕易發怒的,大有聰明;性情暴躁的,大顯愚妄。

Proverbs 14:29
A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man displays folly.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

AS today's creed said, there are unavoidable pressure of life that we need to live with. the problem is whether we can endure patiently under the pressures and all the adverse situations in our daily lives.

I thank God for reminding me how to sustain in the pressures, and how to wait for Him to lead me into greater understanding of what and how He is working in my lives, and in the lives of those I love and care about.

Patience is more than an emotional status, but also a spiritual character to safeguard me from doing something foolish, and to avoid further complications in the problem solving process.

Most of all, God reminded me yesterday when I read Psalm 39, what am i waiting for at times of distress, and what am I looking for when things go wrong.

Whether I have patience or not, really depends whether I have hope and faith in God alone. The hope and the faith that "God is the one who has done all this" "因 我 所 遭 遇 的 是 出 於 你 , 我 就 默 然 不 語"

Psalm 39:7-9
7 主 啊 , 如 今 我 等 甚 麼 呢 ? 我 的 指 望 在 乎 你 !

8 求 你 救 我 脫 離 一 切 的 過 犯 , 不 要 使 我 受 愚 頑 人 的 羞 辱 。

9 因 我 所 遭 遇 的 是 出 於 你 , 我 就 默 然 不 語 。

7 "But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you.

8 Save me from all my transgressions;do not make me the scorn of fools.

9 I was silent; I would not open my mouth,for you are the one who has done this.

Anonymous said...

Almost everyone thinks I am a patient person and is not quick tempered. I think so too but my spouse would think otherwise sometimes. Who is the real me?

In most cases I show patience and great understanding to other people. But maybe deep down inside I am still not patient enough and would let it out to the person closest to me. The first creed in 1 Cor. says "Love is patient", but ironically we are often impatient to our love ones. Look how our children are treating us and how we are reacting to our spouse.

Oh Lord, we really need your help to overcome this. Help us to build up this virtue so that we can always be patient to everyone. This may need the help of self-control and peace in mind too. The virtues seems to be inter-related. Lord, we really need to get closer to you, to follow the way of Jesus to build up these virtues. This may be a life-long task, help us improve everyday.