{"id":34572,"date":"2015-01-13T21:31:57","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T02:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/?p=34572"},"modified":"2020-10-10T16:40:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T21:40:57","slug":"patience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/patience\/","title":{"rendered":"Patience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The spirit of God is being expressed through me as patience and love.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/pray23_300x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-thumbnail wp-image-28387 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/pray23_300x300-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"pray23_300x300\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/pray23_300x300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/pray23_300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/pray23_300x300-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Having patience with myself and with others is an expression of my spiritual maturity. I understand that love and support are more valuable than strict coherence to a schedule <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Idea\" src=\"http:\/\/thebx.net\/info\/images\/smilies\/icon_idea.gif\" alt=\":idea:\" \/> People are more valuable than things.<\/p>\n<p>In any situation I have a choice as to how I respond. I choose to be patient, and because I do, my natural response in all situations is to be thoughtful of others <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Smile\" src=\"http:\/\/thebx.net\/info\/images\/smilies\/icon_smile.gif\" alt=\":)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My patience increases as I expand my view of life. With loving eyes and an empathetic heart, I look for the best in myself and others. <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Innocent\" src=\"http:\/\/thebx.net\/info\/images\/smilies\/icon_innocent.gif\" alt=\" O:)\" \/> I consider the presence of God within us all.<\/p>\n<p>I make the choice to be patient and loving. I invite the spirit of God to work through me so that I am an expression of patience and love in all that I do <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Pray\" src=\"http:\/\/thebx.net\/info\/images\/smilies\/icon_pray.gif\" alt=\" [-o&lt;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">&#8220;With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\">Ephesians 4:2-3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a class=\"postlink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyword.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">DailyWord.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The spirit of God is being expressed through me as patience and love. Having patience with myself and with others is an expression of my spiritual maturity. I understand that love and support are more valuable than strict coherence to a schedule People are more valuable than things. In any situation I have a choice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":308,"featured_media":86207,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-posts","category-christian-news-videos-and-audio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/308"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}