When you can’t beat them, join them? Yes and no. When a difficult person or circumstance does not change, then I need to stop struggling to change…
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patience
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As an example, brethren, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. We count those blessed who endured. You have…
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So near yet so far… what a pity! The Israelites were right at the doorstep of the promised land after going through so much: enemies in pursuit,…
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Little by little, one step at a time. He’s changing our hearts and renewing our minds. Teaching us how to be patient and kind, little by little,…
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As an example, brethren, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. We count those blessed who endured. You have…
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Saul waited 7 days for Samuel to come. When Samuel did not arrive and the men began to scatter, Saul offered the sacrifices himself. Samuel arrived just…
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In music, the fermata is much more than a rest. In a rest, there is a definite value where music stops for definite number of beats. In a fermata, how much longer it is held is up to the discretion of the performer or conductor. How much time to hold before the music continues is not fixed.
When I go on vacation, I know the vacation ends in a week and work resumes after. How about when God puts me on hold for a ministry? Does the music stop? In a fermata, the note is sustained even when the next note is not to be played yet. There seems to be something going on in the music even while on hold.
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Lento: a tempo that is slow.Tempo, an Italian word, originates from the Latin word, tempus which means time. It was originally used to describe the timing of…