Patient Enduring

Sit still. Inhale for four counts, hold for four, exhale for six. Do this eight times. Let the body remember it is not in a hurry.

Read Colossians 1:11 slowly, three times. "Strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness." Notice which word your attention lands on.

Bring to mind one situation where you feel the urge to react, quit, or force. Say to it: I will remain here. I do not need to break. Then release it to the Father.

Choose one moment today — a conversation, a wait, a difficulty — where you will practice patient enduring on purpose. Name it now.