Fruit of the Spirit - Remember the first 3: Love,
Joy, and Peace; we just have to accept!
The next 6: longsuffering, gentleness, goodness,
faith, meekness, temperance; we need build up!
Longsuffering
(A form of Patience)
I want patience, and I want it right
NOW!!
Longsuffering is more than being patient,
it is more like being tolerant!
Patient is something we can do,
longsuffering is something we are.
Be patient - wait.
or
An understanding and longsuffering person.
God has given us the fruit,
it is our responsibility to nurture it and help
it grow.
Longsuffering or patience is first, because He
knows
it will take the rest of our lives to get it right.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise,
as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing
that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 2 Peter
3:9
