Love Is Patient

When Americans think of a long nose, we typically think of Pinocchio and his lying. But the Bible speaks of a different kind of long nose. The Bible tells us that God is "slow to anger"--literally, "long of nose." In other words, God is very patient because God is love. We see that loving patience of God most supremely in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God and Savior of impatient sinners. Through the grace of the Holy Spirit we, too, can grow in love by becoming a more patient people to those around us.

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