{"id":659,"date":"2010-08-02T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-02T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2010\/08\/a-prayer-for-patience.html"},"modified":"2010-08-02T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-02T01:00:00","slug":"a-prayer-for-patience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2010\/08\/a-prayer-for-patience.html","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer for Patience"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>God, thank you for this day.<\/div>\n<div>This beautiful, amazing day.<\/div>\n<div>Here again, with You, for You, today.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>God, give me patience to endure the hardships of this day.<\/div>\n<div>Help me to see that they, too are great blessings in disguise.<\/div>\n<div>Let me see the pain and difficulty as ways of coming to know You,<\/div>\n<div>Dear Lord God.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>God who loves me so, who looks for me,<\/div>\n<div>And cares for me.<\/div>\n<div>All this beautiful day.<\/div>\n<div>I will be with You, God, always &#8211; as You are always with me in all ways.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Amen.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God, thank you for this day. 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