Led to repentance by God’s goodness

Paul writes to the Romans: “do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?” (2:4). Reflecting on God’s forbearance with humanity should chide us into considering the limits of our tolerance for our brother and sister, for our neighbor, for the stranger.

His goodness reveals the sparsity of our love for one another and leads us to repent for our impatience, intolerance, and disrespect toward those we wish to judge.