Tag: patience
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A Right Time for Everything Under Heaven
Even though I’m anxious to rototill the garden as soon as warm days arrive, I force myself to wait. Patience is a must this time of year. Tender plants wilted in the frost have taught me a hard lesson. There’s a right time for everything under heaven and gardening in…
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Advent: A Time of Waiting and Expectation
Life is full of waiting. Whether standing in line or holding in a phone queue, waiting wears on our nerves. We’re ready to move on to the next phase, thinking somehow it will be better. What if we flipped a time of waiting on its head into a period of…
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When God Says Wait: Pray, Ponder and Prepare
Do you find yourself in a time of waiting not knowing where to turn or what to do? I’m in that place with my writing. After pitching my manuscript to editors, literary agents and publishers, waiting for a positive response is agonizing. Often I wonder, will anyone want to pick…
