No one likes to wait, especially Americans. Before the days of self-check-out at the grocery store I would quickly survey the lines and make internal assessments about the speed of each cashier and the carts of every person in line, all in hopes of not having to wait an extra minute or two to buy bread and milk. I know I am not the only one.
Recently I have been reflecting on how God doesn’t seem to mind us waiting. In fact, he seems to like it. There are numerous biblical texts that reference “waiting on the Lord” but I am not sure I have really grasped what that means.
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