{"id":7119,"date":"2026-04-15T11:43:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/?p=7119"},"modified":"2026-04-15T11:50:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:50:57","slug":"strength-through-patience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/2026\/strength-through-patience\/","title":{"rendered":"Strength through Patience"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7119\" class=\"elementor elementor-7119\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d2f28b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d2f28b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c74205a\" data-id=\"c74205a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a76427f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a76427f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During the COVID lockdown of 2020, I joined a Faculty Commons online book group for women. We gathered from across the U.S., and even as far away as Florence, Italy, to read and discuss\u00a0<em>Sent<\/em>\u00a0by Heather and Ashley Holleman.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9f697df elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9f697df\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2fcc436\" data-id=\"2fcc436\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f34bbfb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f34bbfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"m_3841313353814507278mcePastedContent\">What began as a simple book discussion grew into something deeper: fellowship, spiritual sharpening, and friendships.<\/p><p class=\"m_3841313353814507278mcePastedContent\">We often joked about taking a road trip to visit our friend in Florence. By God&#8217;s grace, that playful dream became reality. This past spring break, I traveled with another professor and two Faculty Commons staff members to Italy. Our purpose was clear: to encourage our friend, who serves as a Christian academic in a place with little gospel presence and no Christian faculty community, and serve where we could.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Only Four Students Showed Up<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"m_3841313353814507278mcePastedContent\">In Florence, we shared meals, prayers, and stories with our friend. Her joy in the Lord and her patience with the people around her, especially with students and her own young adult children, left a lasting impression. She came to Christ in her 40s, and she often says, \u201cGod has been so patient with me. The least I can do is be patient with these young people.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"m_3841313353814507278mcePastedContent\">She invited about 30 people to meet us and interact with \u201cAmerican professors.\u201d We hoped to share our stories with them. Only four students (including her own daughter) showed up. She was undeterred. We dispensed with any program but engaged with the students. Faith stories were shared; deep conversation ensued. It is unclear what the immediate outcome was. Our Italian friend was thrilled we had entered into her space and relationships.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Rejoicing Over Small Gains<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"m_3841313353814507278mcePastedContent\">I saw firsthand the fruit of her patience. Seeds patiently, faithfully, and gently sown.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"m_3841313353814507278mcePastedContent\">Our journey continued to Rome, where we met with local Agape (Cru) staff. At their invitation, I spoke at a student gathering on a topic I had been researching and of general interest to students about AI. It was a small group. I did my best. I wove in spiritual insights. There was interest, followed by questions, but was it a contribution of eternal significance?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"m_3841313353814507278mcePastedContent\">These Cru staff in Italy have labored faithfully for years in a place where spiritual openness is rare. Yet they rejoiced over small gains: fellowship with international students, baby steps toward faith, one new student coming out of curiosity. Among Italians, the ground is hard.\u00a0<\/p><blockquote>But they keep sowing, keep showing up, keep believing that \u201cin due season we will reap, if we do not give up\u201d (Galatians 6:9).\u00a0\u00a0<\/blockquote><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Am I Willing to Wait Patiently?<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"m_3841313353814507278mcePastedContent\">Instead of feeling discouraged, I left inspired by those living out 1 Thessalonians 5:14: \u201cEncourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.\u201d In a culture where hearts seem cold and soil seems barren, our brothers and sisters serve with unending hope. Their example challenged me as a professor and a parent: am I willing to sow faithfully, love sacrificially, and wait patiently, trusting God for the harvest?<\/p><p class=\"m_3841313353814507278mcePastedContent\">Patience doesn\u2019t mean doing nothing. It requires quiet courage and strength. 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