Impatience

A young man visited an aged saint and asked him to pray that he might become more patient.  The older man agreed to pray  The two knelt together and the man of God began to pray: “Lord, send this young man tribulation in the morning, and send him tribulation in the afternoon….”  The young man nudged the elder, saying, “No, not tribulation, patience!”

“But,” said the old saint, “It is tribulation that worketh patience.  If you would know patience, you must have tribulation.” (Rom. 5:3)