A Hen Named Patience

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For a while, our bears must wait ...

until Patience delivers what is hoped for.

And then, before they move back into their Den,

they must wait some more;

For the children of Patience must have their time

of growing and careful learning

within the warm security of their Mother's down,

before they may scratch in the yard of yearnings.

-2-To paraphrase a bit of wisdom,we are well-advisedto pray with fervortil that for which we ask has been received,
or we possess with patient vision—without compromiseand not a murmur—the sureness that it will be as believed 
 ... in all due time.
Copyright (c) 05.08.09 - Linda L. Brown
"The thing I ask when God doth bid me pray,Begins in that same act to come my way."Unknown Author
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,the evidence of things not seen.Hebrews 11:1 KJV
But if we hope for that we see not,then do we with patience wait for it.Romans 8:25
But let patience have her perfect work,that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God,that giveth to all men liberally,and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering,For he that wavereth is like a wave of the seadriven with the wind and tossed.James 1:4-6
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above,and cometh down from the Father of lights,with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.James 1:17 KJV
Trust in the LORD, and do good;so shalt thou dwell in the land,and verily thou shalt be fed.Delight thyself also in the LORD:and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him;and he shall bring it to pass.And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light,and thy judgment as the noonday.Psalm 37:3-6 KJV
And he spake a parable unto them to this end,that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;Luke 18:1 KJV
But they that wait upon the LORDshall renew their strength;they shall mount up with wings as eagles;they shall run, and not be weary;and they shall walk, and not faint.Isaiah 40:31 KJV
The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him;and he will shew them his covenant.Psalm 25:14 KJV
Confess your faults one to another,and pray for one another,that ye may be healed.The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous manavaileth much.James 5:16 KJV
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