Irritable, angry, anxious, restless, annoyed - such is the display of a man losing  patience. We're all too familiar with this. But what does it look like for a man to grow in patience?

My notes:

• Patience is enduring evil, pain, or sorrow for the sake of a greater good
• Hupomone is steadfastness, constancy, endurance in the midst of suffering (Rev 13:10)
• Makrothumia is the long fuse of anger (Gal 5:22)
• Don't confuse passivity with patience
• Growing in patience requires keeping greater good in view
• Growing in patience requires believing in divine providence

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