Be Joyful, Patient, & Faithful

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. (Romans 12:12) I've been thinking a lot this past week about being "patient in affliction". See, my brother had a heart attack and was admitted to the hospital last Thursday. He needed to have a triple bypass - but they couldn't do it until Tuesday. Those days of waiting for his surgery were a true test of our patience. Every night my...