Patience

I have been reading about patience this week. Here are some of my favorite discoveries. I've been thinking about them a lot.

From: Dieter F. Uchtdorf 
"Patience means accepting that which cannot be changed and facing it with courage, grace, and faith." 

"Patience means to abide in faith, knowing that sometimes it is in the waiting rather than in the receiving that we grow the most."

"The work of patience boils down to this: keep the commandments; trust in God, our Heavenly Father; serve Him with meekness and Christlike love; exercise faith and hope in the Savior; and never give up. The lessons we learn from patience will cultivate our character, lift our lives, and heighten our happiness."

From  Neal A. Maxwell 
"Patience is not indifference. Actually, it is caring very much, but being willing, nevertheless, to submit both to the Lord and to what the scriptures call the “process of time.” 

"Patience is tied very closely to faith in our Heavenly Father. Actually, when we are unduly impatient, we are suggesting that we know what is best—better than does God. Or, at least, we are asserting that our timetable is better than his."

"There is also a dimension of patience which links it to a special reverence for life. Patience is a willingness, in a sense, to watch the unfolding purposes of God with a sense of wonder and awe—rather than pacing up and down within the cell of our circumstance."

"Too much anxious opening of the oven door and the cake falls instead of rising! So it is with us. If we are always selfishly taking our temperature to see if we are happy, we won’t be."

So, here is how we are passing out time until Match Day:

I admit it has been fun. We are happy. And (despite my rantings last week) we have faith in the Lord and trust that He is in control and is involved in the details of our lives. We are excited to find out what is in store for us!