Patience is a virtue

💓 Patience is a virtue

🤔 *After serious thought*, I rebuked the nobles and rulers, and said to them, “Each of you is exacting usury from his brother.” So I *called a great assembly against them.*

Nehemiah 5:7

In verse 6, we learnt that Nehemiah became very angry when he heard how the Jews were being oppressed by their fellow ones.

✅ Yes, he became angry. 
❓ But did he react immediately?

                NO!

❓ What did Nehemiah do?

🤔 💭 He gave the issues serious thought
👬👭  He called a great assembly against them

He did not act / react hastily.  He did everything wisely and patiently. He was able to gain success in the situation.

War room

As I was typing this message, I was reminded of an incident from the movie “War room”. The female lead(Elizabeth) gets a call from her friend. The friend says that she saw  Elizabeth’s husband with another woman. The husband comes home the next day. Elizabeth does not lash out at her husband. Instead, she prays for him and in the end, God builds their family beautifully!

Application

As women, we tend to react in anger and do great damage to the already damaged situation. May God give us patience and wisdom to handle situations wisely like Nehemiah!

💓 Love is patient, love is kind.

1 Corinthians 13:4💓


😡A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict,
😇but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.

Proverbs 15:18