S – A ruler can be persuaded through patience, and a gentle tongue can break a bone

Proverbs 25:15 CSB

O – Commentary:

Patience and a gentle (lit., “soft”) tongue (cf. 15:1) can be unusually influential, accomplishing far more than loss of temper and harsh words. A soft tongue breaking a hard bone is an unusual figure of speech-how can a tongue break a bone? The idea is that softly spoken words can accomplish difficult things. Also persuading a ruler to follow some difficult course of action takes patience.

  The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures

A – Two great attributes that are not easy to obtain – patience and gentleness.  Both are fruits of the Spirit.  Both make an impact not suddenly but over the longer run.  We need to look at our journey with God as a marathon.  There are times to act quickly.  Most of the time, staying the course and being a light in the journey is important.

R – Heavenly Father, we worship and surrender to you.  We step towards you on this relationship journey we are on with you.  Give us patience and gentleness to display another aspect of your character.