I’m reading a book right now called ‘On the Passion of Christ.’ It’s a devotional book from a 14th century priest named Thomas Hemerken or Thomas A Kempis. Today’s devotion was about the patience that Jesus expressed while traveling with Judas Iscariot. Thomas points out that Jesus knew that Judas had sold Him for 30 pieces of silver and still he spared him the public humiliation. Jesus even took the passover meal with Judas.
I left my house to go for a walk so I could have some time to dwell on what I had read and to pray over it. I got two doors down and was confronted by two neighborhood dogs who were none too happy to see me. My neighbor across the street bailed me out or I might have been breakfast.
As I returned home I pondered if I should call animal control or talk to the dogs owners. It was at that point that I realized I had a great example of what Christ would do. He would be patient with the owners and overlook the offense.
“A man’s wisdom gives him patience ; it is to his glory to overlook an offense” (Proverbs 19.11).
The Patience of Christ
