There's a great scene in Lord of the Rings where Gollum is debating with himself about killing Sam & Frodo in order to take the Ring. As he begins to get excited about the thought of having back his "Precious," he reminds himself, "Patience. Patience, My Love."
That word, "patience," has been going through my heart & mind a lot lately, along with 2 others: "perseverance" & "promise." I have been thinking about these words in terms of their relationship to time... Patience is exercised during a time, perseverance is exercised over a time, & promise is realized at the end of a time.
Anything we do that is going to endure is going to take time (far more of it than I am comfortable with, by the way). Pregnancy is 40 weeks... Building a house takes 4-6 months... Graduating High School takes 18 years... College take 4 years... You get the point. But the key to realizing the promise that awaits any accomplishment is to be patient moment by moment and to persevere over the course of time.
So I've decided that I am going to be patient right now (That's funny: all I've been given is right now, anyway!). As each "right now" becomes a "back then," my patience becomes perseverance, which will in turn produce the promise I am longing for.
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