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January 13

Sometimes having patience is one of the most difficult things in life. That’s why it’s called a virtue. As we age, patience becomes even more of a virtue, it seems, as there are issues we have to deal with unique to the aging process.

In the twelfth chapter of Romans, verse 12, the Apostle Paul calls for a type of patience many aging Christians that I know have shown in their daily living. He writes: “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”

In Ephesians chapter 4, verses 1 and 2, the apostle adds this: “I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.”

The fortieth chapter of the prophet Isaiah concludes with words which are encouraging when we may come to those moments where we want to give up, to quit—“to throw in the towel” as is done in boxing. Isaiah writes: “Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint” (Isaiah 40:31).

Some days we just don’t feel like soaring, or running, or even walking, but the key to renewal, writes the prophet, is simply hope in the Heavenly Father. He understands, even when we feel like quitting. “Cast your cares [or burdens] on the Lord,” the Psalmist David writes, “and he will sustain you.”