Patience

Just got done reading a chapter on patience in Future Grace by John Piper. In this instant gratification society we Christians now live in I struggle with waiting. I want it now, I don't want to wait for something. In this chapter of this book there is a great reminder to wait on the Lord. There is a great example of patience taken from another book called Passion by Karl Olsson. It tells a story about a girl named Marie Durant who lived as a French Protestant in a group called the Huguenots. She was brought before the authorities, charged with heresy. She was 14 years old. She was bright, attractive, and marriageable. She was asked to deny her faith. Because of her refusal she was put in a tower by the sea with 30 other women. For 38 years she was locked up continuing to hang on to her faith. They had scratched into the wall of the tower a single word, "Resistez" which translates Resist!

I cannot imagine what that was like. I would have a tough time with 38 minutes or 38 hours or 38 days. Dear God give me a perseverance.

I'll add to this post later when I get more time.