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^Paul knew that the depth of his sin displayed the depth of Christ’s patience.^

^God’s patience grows in beauty when framed by his omniscience. The slow anger of God is miraculous in the extreme, considering that he knows and daily witnesses every anger-inducing thing about us.^

^Christians are a people of delayed gratification, awaiting a future hope and forgoing comfort in the present. But we dwell among a people of instant gratification, and it is far too easy to bob along behind the goldfish than to swim against the current.^

^The world’s solution to the problem of impatience is not to develop patience, but to eliminate as many situations that require it as possible. We want what we want when we want it. We do not want to wait.^

^To be human is to do battle daily with impatience. And battle it we must, because of the close connection between impatience and anger. In my experience, these two states are usually separated by about a nanosecond. Not surprisingly, the Bible communicates the idea of patience in the phrase “slow to anger.”^

^Every entertainment of temptation questions the goodness of God.^

^Trials always prove the faithfulness of God, though it may take years to see. And as they prove the faithfulness of God, they produce faithfulness in us.^

^When we spend time in the Bible, our lives begin to bear witness to its faithful message. We ourselves become stones of remembrance for those around us, giving faithful testimony that God is worthy of our trust, no matter what.^

^No sooner does sin enter the garden than grace appears, clothing Adam and Eve in animal skins God himself supplies. It is God who provides the first sacrifice, as it is God who provides the last. Grace from the garden to Golgotha. Grace from Golgotha to this generation. And grace shall lead us home.^

That was from A. W. Tozer