Patience

To be Christ-like one must develop patience. Patience is the ability to accept people where God has them for the moment. It's the faith to allow God to take all the time He wants to change them--or you. To lack patience is to become a stumbling block to spiritual growth. God clearly tells us in Scripture that it is the patience of God that brings men to repentance--to a change of heart and behavior that pleases Him. We must love others--no matter how much they are irritating us at the moment--right where they are, patiently, trusting God to do what is necessary to change and mature them. We are not the transformers. God alone is. We are the instruments--the lights--He uses to bring others His love in order that they might seek Him and find Him.