Jeremiah 12:5 If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses? I’m sure you’re familiar with the saying, when it rains it pours. The weeks before Christmas turned out to be one of those downpours for us. Our dishwasher broke, Continue Reading…
Job 42:5 “I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you” A friend of mine recently wrote about the importance of taking the “long view” when it comes to marriage. She said if couples want their marriage to last, it requires them Continue Reading…
Habakkuk 3:2 “…If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay. Most of us hate to wait. But there’s always a purpose in the waiting. I recently met with a woman who was struggling over advice someone had given her. When she placed it before the Continue Reading…
Romans 8:24-25 For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. I was preparing to go to church when my 5-year-old grandson came into the Continue Reading…
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. If God is patient with us, shouldn’t we be patient with other people? I like 17th century Continue Reading…
James 1:2-4 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. You’re probably familiar with the Continue Reading…
Romans 8:25 “But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.” “Don’t worry Grandma.” Those were the wise words my 3-year-old grandson spoke when his milk splattered across the table. In fact, encouraging the people around him not to worry turns out to Continue Reading…
Exodus 32:1 When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.” Have Continue Reading…
Matthew 14:13-14 “Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them….” Jesus had just heard the Continue Reading…
Acts 1:4 “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about.” Wasted time. Irritation. Helplessness. Impatience. Ever have any of these responses when you have to wait? Most of us hate to wait. And our fast-paced culture doesn’t help matters. It Continue Reading…