Wednesday, March 17, 2021

A Year of Patience

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. - Romans 12:12

I chose this passage because patience is what we have needed to have this past year: especially patience in affliction. We all have either been scared of COVID, lost someone from COVID, or have had COVID ourselves. If we have not gotten it, we have prayed to God to bring it to an end so we could get out and be with our loved ones again. We patiently waited for vaccines and they are now coming, thanks be to God.

I am now joyful in hope that the end is near. It may be several more months, but if we are all faithful in prayer, I think we can rest assured that our patience has been rewarded and our hope has brought joy and our faithful prayers have finally brought an answer.

Prayer: Father, please continue to give us the patience we need to live through the end of this crisis and any other crisis in the future.
Please know this prayer shows our faith, hope, and joy in your abilities.

Judy Wilcox