Patience
The Lord your God is merciful and compassionate,
very patient, full of faithful love,
and ready to forgive. ~ Joel 2:13 (CEB)
You remember how patient Job was and how the Lord finally helped him. The Lord did this because he is so merciful and kind. ~ James 5:11 (CEV)
Patient God, you're not in a hurry. I'm still trying to figure out what drives me to be in a hurry. Even when I decide that hurry is unhealthy and that I need to slow down -- my brain still wants to move fast. When I hurry I make mistakes. When I hurry I don't listen very well to you or others. Thank you for your patience with me. I'm trusting that eventually I'll get it. Your kindness, mercy, compassion, and patience will win out. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2015 I started posting these Bible verses for my spiritual formation students at Pacific Islands University. In the process of responding to the verses, I found the rhythm of looking for a common thread and writing a prayer based on that key idea to be helpful for my own soul. The prayers are more or less modeled on the TRIP method, which is what I ask my students to do in their journaling. ~ Brad Boydston
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase -- a freestyle biblical adaptation -- somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
