Alexander Strauch, Leading With Love, Lewis and Roth, 2006, p.41.
God Himself is the supreme example of longsuffering. When we are tempted to be impatient with others, we should stop and think about the gracious longsuffering of God with us and our many wrongs against Him. In light of His patience toward us, who are we to think that we cannot patiently bear with the weaknesses and failures of others – or the wrongs they may have done to us?
Alexander Strauch, Leading With Love, Lewis and Roth, 2006, p.41.