We've been talking about Hashem’s tremendous patience and tolerance, and how even though we sin, God continues to bestow His bounty and blessings upon us. The Hovot Halevavot, in his Shaar Cheshbon HaNefesh section (chapter 3, 6th calculation), says, “ If any of our limbs would not do what they're supposed to do, for example, if the ones that are supposed to be moving would stop, or the ones that are supposed to be stopped would move ( Like we say in Asher Yatzar, if one of them opens, that is supposed to be closed or closes that’s supposed to be open), we would lose our ability to live, and yet the limbs keep going. He says, Really when a person doesn't follow God, then the limbs shouldn't follow him. If he’s not listening to His creator, why should his limbs listen to him? He gives a mashal of a king who commanded some of his servants to carry one of his ministers across a river. He instructed his servants to be very careful as they crossed the river, that the minister shouldn’t get hurt or fall. And while the servants were carrying the minister, the minister also had a responsibility. He had to take a flag and wave it back and forth as they went across the river. The servants followed their part of the deal, they carried the minister across the river very carefully. But the minister was asleep the entire time. He did not do his job. He did not wave the flag. So one of the servants said, Dear minister, you are ignoring the king's command. Why aren't you concerned that we'll do the same thing and also ignore the king's command? His command was that we should watch over you. And just like you're not following, we won't follow. And if we don't follow, you're going to fall into this big river and die a horrible death. Do Teshuva and repent immediately and ask God for forgiveness. And just like we're not ignoring the king's command, neither should you . Says the Hovot Halevavot, that's what’s going on with us. Our limbs continue to follow the rules and regulations, our stomachs digests the food, our eyes see, our ears hear...and so on and so forth. They're following their command. Yet we might not be doing what God told us to do with our eyes. We might not be doing what God told us to do with our ears. We might not be doing what God told us to do with our throats and tongues and so on… That is the tremendous patience that God has, that ultimately He is the one that controls the servants. The servants don't have a mind of their own, the limbs don't have a mind of their own, and yet they continue to follow their command, even though we don't necessarily follow ours. Again, all of this is to teach us how much patience God has, and how we should emulate God's patience.