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We have constantly have the patience and love towards one another as GOD has for us. May we never forget the love GOD has shown us through all things.

Featured Term (selected at random):JOB The chief character in what many critics consider the most beautifully written book in the Bible. The author is unknown. From internal evidence it is speculated that he was an Israelite who wrote between 600 and 400 B.C. The Book of Job is a profound philosophic discussion of human suffering, with Job and several of his friends taking turns offering possible solutions to the problem of good and evil. Their efforts to find an answer to determine Yahweh's reasons for permitting such indignities to afflict a faithful believer were fruitless. Job and his friends realized...

Ever since Adam and Eve ate the apple, Ulysses had himself tied to the mast, the grasshopper sang while the ant stored food and St. Augustine prayed “Lord make me chaste — but not yet,” individuals have struggled with self-control. In today’s world this virtue is all the more vital, because now that we have largely tamed the scourges of nature, most of our troubles are self-inflicted. We eat, drink, smoke and gamble too much, max out our credit cards, fall into dangerous liaisons and become addicted to heroin, cocaine and e-mail.

The great news is; there is within the coping strategies site, a pearl of very great price. And this Be Still exercise is being used and growing rapidly within the ranks of the military. It is saving many lives that would have otherwise lived in despair and often ended in suicide. All can hear the exercise right on their front page at no charge. Let's all pitch in though to keep them funded. All activists! We need this centering exercise to fight the leftist that have captured our nation. We need to fight without resentment...you know, that motivating irritation about...

One of the most difficult aspects of God’s intervention is simply waiting for it to occur. Over and over I’ve found myself in situations where I desperately needed to see a change. But over and over God’s timetable for that change has been different from mine. In fact, most of the time I wanted the answer much sooner than it came. When Paula and I married we were 19-year-old college students and financially broke. I knew the Lord wanted to help us make it, but waiting, watching and worrying about our finances was the pits. Filling out job applications and...

FAIRLESS HILLS, PA. — President Obama on Wednesday urged Americans to be patient with higher prices at the gas pump for now and trust that his administration’s energy policies will eventually tamp down on the soaring costs. “We can’t afford to continue this kind of being in shock when gas prices go up,” Obama said from a town hall-style meeting of roughly 500 employees at Gamesa Technology Corp., a wind turbine manufacturing plant in Fairless Hills, Pa. “We’ve got to have a sustained energy policy that is consistent,” he said.

You would think I could remember this. After all, it’s my rule. That’s why it’s called, “Randy’s Rule”. However, its importance never hits its mark until after I’ve become frustrated beyond measure. My most recent fishing expedition was no different. “Heston, stop that!” “Emma, will you just please stop casting long enough for me to untangle the other 3 lines?” “Payden, please do not cast so close to your sister’s ear!” I lost my chance to catch something because of tangles in trees and attention spans shorter than my own fuse. I lost my cool. Ultimately, I lost sight of...

a href="http://acriticalobserver.com/?attachment_id=526">Obama, beginning to show his political stretch marks, is now telling Americans to be patient. In a speech that heralds back to politically desperate speeches of frightened men, Obama is taking a stand and begging his followers not to leave him. He has been going around the country for weeks now admonishing easily impressed voters to not,".... hand the keys to the car back to the one's (Republicans) who got the car into the ditch in the first place." But as Americans hear the president's speeches what he's not saying speaks volumes more than what he is saying. Because...

PORTLAND, Maine — Facing a public still wary of his massive health care overhaul, President Barack Obama urged Americans not to judge the nearly $1 trillion legislation he signed into law last week until the reforms take hold. During an enthusiastic, campaign-style appearance in Maine's largest city, Obama mocked the pundits and pollsters who say he isn't getting a boost from his yearlong campaign to pass the sweeping reform. "Every single day since I signed the reform law, there's been another poll or headline that said, 'Nation still divided on health care reform. Polls haven't changed yet.' Well, yes. It...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The world is losing patience with Iran's behavior over its nuclear program and Tehran will be responsible for the consequences if it fails to meet its obligations, the White House said on Friday. Robert Gibbs, President Barack Obama's chief spokesman, said a vote by the U.N. nuclear watchdog to rebuke Iran illustrated the "resolve and unity" of the international community over Iran's nuclear program. The International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors voted 25-3 to censure Iran in a decision that gained rare backing from Russia and China, which have in the past blocked attempts to isolate...

I waited patiently for the Lord. (Psalm 40: 1) Be patient… Patience is a virtue...Patience, Patience, Patience! Having patience is really difficult! Isn’t being patient (waiting on God) much harder than walking out in our faith? It seems that some of us have been waiting forever for our circumstances to change. We can feel trapped. And feeling trapped makes us wonder what is actually going on behind the scenes, and why aren’t our circumstances changing? Even though I suffer with having a rare form of Muscular Dystrophy, I can sit here and say that God has been quite merciful and...

LOS ANGELES – Facing largely adoring crowds far from Washington, President Barack Obama on Thursday asked Americans to back his far-reaching economic and health policies, but warned them not to expect too much from him or the federal government. With many Republicans and even some Democrats in Congress resisting his budget plans, Obama went into full campaign mode in California, using television, friendly audiences and his massive e-mail list to counter his critics. Without naming names, he mocked Republican officials who call his plan too costly even though they presided over huge deficits while they controlled Congress and the White...

But the fruit of the Spirit is patience. Galatians 5:22-23 As the saying goes, "be careful when you pray for patience; God just might answer it." or how about the prayer, "I want patience and I want it now!" We’re in so much of a rush nowadays, aren’t we? On the roads. In line at the store. In a restaurant. We get very impatient when we feel like our time is being wasted. And we’re all guilty of it. Noah built a large boat and warned people for 120 years that it was going to rain. Moses spent 40 years...

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WASHINGTON, May 31, 2007 – The U.S. troop surge in Iraq will pay off with time and patience, a top U.S. commander in Iraq said today. Speaking to the Pentagon press corps via teleconference from Camp Liberty, Iraq, Army Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno, commander of Multinational Corps Iraq, said that over the next few weeks, the final combat troop commitment will be in place in and around Baghdad. Those troops will still need time in order to be effective, he said. Troop surges in conventional wars are felt immediately, Odierno said. But an increase in troops in a counterinsurgency campaign...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2007 – The environment in Iraq is extremely complex, and the American people are going to have to be patient, the commander of Multinational Corps Iraq said in a news conference today. Army Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno said the threats to stability differ from province to province, and there is no silver-bullet solution to the situation. He said sectarian strife, Sunni and Shiia extremists, al Qaeda, crime and subversive influences from around the region are the main threats in the country. Odierno briefed Pentagon reporters via a two-way link from his headquarters in Camp Liberty,...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia warned Somalia's Islamists to end their "hostile anti-Ethiopian activities" on Friday, saying patience was running out with the movement that has declared itself at war with the Horn of Africa power. "The situation in Somalia has turned from bad to worse," said a statement from Ethiopia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "Ethiopia has been patient so far. There is a limit to this." The warning came as Ethiopian tanks rolled to the battlefront where Islamist fighters and Somali government troops pounded each other with artillery and rockets for a fourth straight day. Witnesses near the fighting...

Several years ago I watched in awe guys who seemingly had it all. They were attractive, confident, and experienced. Women were always intrigued by them. They seemed so smooth to me that I thought I would never be able to one day be like them. During this time I worked in an office where there were a couple of women that all of the guys (including those mentioned above) wanted. And these women had a great deal of initial interest toward these guys as well. Seeing this, these charming guys moved in for the kill. They released all of their...

WASHINGTON - Congressional leaders displayed eroding patience in the Iraqi government on Sunday, adding pressure on President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to find a faster path to peace when they meet this week. "It is not too late. The United States can still extricate itself honorably from an impending disaster in Iraq," Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel (news, bio, voting record) of Nebraska, a potential presidential contender in 2008, said in urging for a planned withdrawal of U.S. troops. "If the president fails to build a bipartisan foundation for an exit strategy, America will pay a high price...

Genius is eternal patience. -Michelangelo The virtue of patience is the one, which most assures us of perfection. -St Francis De Sales Patience makes lighter what sorrow may not heal. -Horace Patience is passion tamed. -Lyman Abbott Whosoever is out of patience is out of possession of his mind, body and soul. -Sir Francis Bacon Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them, every day begin the task anew. -Saint Francis de Sales Let nothing disturb you; let nothing frighten you, though...