"Patience of a saint."

I was sitting in my 3 year old daughter's ballet class, yesterday, enjoying watching these PRECIOUS young ballerinas dance around when a woman sitting near me made a comment that caused me to stop and ponder.  She was referring to the dance teacher relating to nine 3/4 year olds and said,   "She has the PATIENCE of a SAINT."     I immediately thought to myself,   "Hmmmmm....I'm a "SAINT." Do I have great patience?"   I also recognized that that phrase had to come from somewhere with the belief that godliness/being a saint SHOULD include great patience.   Allow me to share a few truths on being a "SAINT" and on "Patience;"   SAINT- A person officially recognized by the Roman-Catholic Church and certain other Christian churches as being entitled to public veneration and as being capable of interceding for men on earth; ANY baptized believer in Christ, according to the New Testament; A very holy person; A charitable, unselfish, or patient person.     PATIENCE- capacity of calm endurance; Tolerant; understanding; tolerance of something or someone over a period of time, generally without complaint though not neccessarily without annoyance...any admirable endurance of a trying situation or person, usually through passiveness which comes from understanding. ...capable of bearing delay and waiting for the right moment.   "A man's WISDOM gives him patience; it is to HIS GLORY to overlook an offense." Prov. 19:11   " We put no stumbling block in anyone's path, so that our ministry will not be discredited. Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; in beatings,imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; in purity, understanding, PATIENCE and kindness, in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; in truthful speech and in the power of God..... 2 Cor. 6:3-7   "And we pray this in order tha you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way; bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorius might so that you may have great endurance and PATIENCE, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the SAINTS in the kingdom of light....." Colossians 1:11-12   "Love is PATIENT" 1 Corinthians 13:4   "Be PATIENT with EVERYONE....." 1 Thes. 5:14   "Be completely humble and gentle; be PATIENT, bearing with one another in love." Ephesians 4:2   "A hot tempered man/woman stirs up dissension, but a PATIENT WOMAN calms a quarrel." Prov. 15:8   "A PATIENT WOMAN has great understanding, but a quick- tempered woman displays folly." Prov. 14:29   "But for that very reason I was shown mercy  so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display HIS UNLIMITED PATIENCE as an example for those who would believe on him and receive eternal life." 1 Timothy 1:16     As believers in Jesus, we ARE SAINTS. May we display the "Patience of a Saint."......to the glory of God. Blessing from Bombadil. Kristy LInk   "In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the SAINTS in accordance with God's will." Romans 8:26 & 27   "I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the SAINTS, and his incomparably great power for us who believe." Ephesians 1:17-19   "And pray in the Spirit on all occassions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the SAINTS." Ephesians 6:18   "And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a hard and they were holding golden bowls full of incense-which are the prayers of the SAINTS." Rev. 5:8   "I will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith, so that through my being with you again your joy in Christ Jesus will overflow on account of me." Phillipians 1:25 & 26