OrthodoxFathers.org » Patience http://orthodoxfathers.org Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:44:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Narratives Leading Us to Endurance and stability http://orthodoxfathers.org/narratives-leading-us-to-endurance-and-stability.htm http://orthodoxfathers.org/narratives-leading-us-to-endurance-and-stability.htm#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:46:39 +0000 Administrator http://orthodoxfathers.org/?p=237 An old man lived in the desert in a cell twelve miles from the water. Every time he went to draw water he toiled and said, “What good is this labor? I will go and live close to the water.” Saying this, He turned back and saw someone who was going with him and counting his steps and he asked, “Who are you?” He said, “I am the angel of the Lord, and I have been sent to count your steps and to give you your reward.” When he heard this, the old man was reassured and became more courageous, and he went and settled five miles further off.

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