The Bible likes to call it Long suffering and I'm here to tell ya folks that's what it is sometimes.pa·tience (pshns)
n.
1. The capacity, quality, or fact of being patient.
2. Chiefly British The game solitaire.
Synonyms: patience, long-suffering, resignation, forbearance
These nouns denote the capacity to endure hardship, difficulty, or inconvenience without complaint. Patience emphasizes calmness, self-control, and the willingness or ability to tolerate delay: Our patience will achieve more than our force Edmund Burke.
Long-suffering is long and patient endurance, as of wrong or provocation: The general, a man not known for docility and long-suffering, flew into a rage.
Resignation implies acceptance of or submission to something trying, as out of despair or necessity: I undertook the job with an air of resignation.
Forbearance denotes restraint, as in retaliating, demanding what is due, or voicing disapproval: "It is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other" Patrick Henry.
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Patience ain't all it's cracked up to be. I sometimes need novacaine.
mark suffering-a-long-time! Bailey
