I learned a long time ago that it’s not a good idea to ask God to teach you patience.  He WILL put you in situations where you have to practice and that is not always the best feeling.  I don’t ask him to teach me, but I do ask him to be patience FOR me.  My tomatoes are really looking good and they’ve been full of fruit for weeks, but they are not turning red fast enough for me.  I picked a couple today that I thought were close enough, but when I cut into them, they were still too green.  Wishful thinking convinced me they were ready and so I wasted them.  Bummer.  I’ve got to learn to let nature take it’s course and let them ripen in their own time. After all, that’s what makes them so much better than the store bought variety.