If I Can Endure

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If I can endure for this minute
whatever is happening to me
No matter how heavy my heart is
or how dark the moment might be...

If I can but keep on believing what
I know in my heart to be true,
That darkness will fade with morning
and that this will pass away, too...

Then nothing can ever disturb me
or fill me with uncertain fear,
For as sure as night brings dawning,
my morning is bound to appear...

Helen Steiner Rice
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Patience

The ultimate motivation for patience is contained in the words of Psalm 40:1-3. As followers of Jesus, we are sometimes going to have to suffer long. We will be misunderstood. We will be taken advantage of by unprincipled people. In it all, however, we are directed to stand firmly on the two legs of patience ~ endurance and perseverance. And don’t forget that when we patiently wait for the Lord through persecution, pain, depression, boredom, and troublesome circumstances, we may unknowingly be leading others to Christ.

Dean Ohlman of RBC