I, John, am your brother and your partner in suffering and in God’s Kingdom and in the patient endurance to which Jesus calls us. Rev 1:9 Patient Endurance. I started a study on the book of Revelations. In the first chapter, I was grabbed by these words, and I dwelled on them for quite a while. Patient endurance. What does that mean? What does that look like? Why is this part of how Jesus calls us? I like to think that I am a patient, calm person. Waiting and enduring in this process of life. Waiting for residency papers, waiting to travel, waiting for ministry, waiting for groups and visitors, waiting for direction and guidance; waiting. To have the strength and ability, the endurance, to embrace fully, this life, this country, this culture and language. To endure through times of transition. To endure through the times of joyfulness or sadness. But I have to admit, I’ve been impatient and frustrated in these processes. Sometimes really, really frustrated. I question my ‘endurance’, question my direction and question myself. But I also have to admit that I have been called; I placed my life in His hands. I only need to continue walking forward. Saying Yes. Patiently Enduring. What did this look like in May? Let me start by sharing about life […]
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