'Going Postal' Is Unwise and Counterproductive, and It Doesn't Actually Characterize the Postal Service - Have Patience Instead
I used to think I was very patient. Any offense was water off my back. If things didn’t work out, no big deal. ...Then my patience was tested. This was some 30 years ago, so I don’t recall the circumstances, but I do remember the ego shock when it hit me: I really did have a problem with patience. Since then, I’ve been tested and tested again, continuously, and I’ve fallen short. I’m not the guy I so naively…and arrogantly…thought I was. The kind of patience I’m writing about is the kind that is associated with forbearance, forgiveness, understanding, gentleness, and self-control. It’s the kind of patience that directs a right response when we experience the unpleasantries of people. About a year ago, I shared with the men in our small group that various little things had been bothering me and I had trouble just letting them be. Some things should bother us as Christians, but these were not those things. A couple weeks later I shared the following...