Patience is a virtue of abiding in the state of innocence through pure surrender of oneself into the arms
of God. Patience allows you to get to know God
through surrendering your own concepts of time and
space and the ways things should be. It is allowing
God’s timetable to occur by watching and waiting and
abiding in the Presence. In our patience, we possess our
souls;* through patience, we can feel our souls.
Patiently attending God’s Presence in meditation
allows us to mindfully know God’s light and love
within ourselves. The patient ones endure—they
endure all human suffering. Yet, more importantly,
they endure the eternal cycles of light to be able to
come fully into the Presence of God and be ready for
the great encounter.
*Luke 21
— Mother Teresa, October 27, 2016