By Elizabeth Prata
To wait is not merely to remain impassive. It is to expect–to look for with patience, and also with submission. It is to long for, but not impatiently; to look for, but not to fret at the delay; to watch for, but not restlessly; to feel that if he does not come, we will acquiesce, and yet to refuse to let the mind acquiesce in the feeling that he will not come.”
Andrew B. Davidson, Waiting on God. AB Davidson was an ordained minister in the Free Church of Scotland and Professor of Hebrew and Oriental languages in New College, University of Edinburgh.
As I look around in my small sphere and see the dramatic changes in parenting styles and kids not rebounding from quarantines and lockdowns…and the wider sphere of prices rising and difficulties rising in just living a life…and the even wider spheres of the world where there is war and want and hate…and opposition to the Gospel and many who are dying apart from Christ…I more and more often say “Lord, soon come!” But I must wait. So…this quote-
To wait is not merely to remain impassive. It is to expect–to look for with patience, and also with submission. It is to long for, but not impatiently; to look for, but not to fret at the delay; to watch for, but not restlessly; to feel that if he does not come, we will acquiesce, and yet to refuse to let the mind acquiesce in the feeling that he will not come.”
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