Read this verse last night as I was studying patience (because, you know 😬): “Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Work of faith
Labor of love
Patience of hope
The context here caught my attention. Work & labor are actions that take effort, and they are juxtaposed with patience. Patience as work. And what does the work of patience bring about? Hope.
So interesting for these times. Maybe the reason I don’t always feel hope is because of my inclination to be impatient? 🤔
Then this one: “And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.”
The chain reactions of the experiences of our lives that turn us to & teach us about God. I hope that when this pandemic is over I will have gained some experience, patience, and hope, and witnessed the love of God.
Sunday thoughts.
1 Thes. 1:3 & Romans 5:3-5
