Recommendation: Please read the following verses slowly and gauge your response to each.
“Love is patient” (1 Cor. 13:4). “The fruit of the Spirit is…patience” (Gal. 5:22). “Walk in a worthy manner…with patience” (Eph. 4:1-2). We “pray for you” that you may be “strengthened…for all patience and longsuffering with joy” (Col. 1:9-11). “As the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on…patience” (Col. 3:12). “Be…patient in tribulation” (Rom. 12:12). “Be patient with all” (1 Thess. 5:14). “Pursue…patience” (1 Tim. 6:11). “A servant of the Lord must…be…patient” (2 Tim. 2:24). “The testing of your faith produces patience” (Jas. 1:3). “Be patient” (Jas. 5:7-8). Those with a good heart, “keep [the word of God] and bear fruit with patience” (Luke 8:11-15).
Did you patiently consider each of those passages? Someone might say, “Give me one good reason to be patient.” Here’s one: “The Lord is…patient toward you” (2 Pet. 3:9).