Quotes about Waiting
The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.
— CS Lewis
Suspense in news is torture.
— John Milton
He also serves who only stands and waits.
— John Milton
We will wait. We will wait till all is made righteous (glorious) according to the word of God.
— John Piper
So waiting is a holy work Of faith in God. Nor does there lurk Beneath the timing of his ways Some secret malice that displays Itself in holding back the flow Of future grace. God does not go From here to there by shortest routes; He makes a place for faith and doubts. Nor does he hasten on his way, But comes when it is best, today, Or maybe twenty years from now, Or more.
— John Piper
God aims to exalt himself by working for those who wait for him. Prayer is the essential activity of waiting for God: acknowledging our helplessness and his power, calling upon him for help, seeking his counsel.
— John Piper
faith has tasted the glory of God in Christ and treasures it enough that the fullness of it is worth waiting for and suffering for. Faith has seen the truth that part of Christ's glory is his trustworthiness. Therefore, faith can cast itself on the promise of Christ and trust that the fullness of glory and the fullness of joy will surely come.
— John Piper
The strength of patience hangs on our capacity to believe that God is up to something good for us in all our delays and detours.
— John Piper
The Lord is not slack concerning His promise." 2 Peter 3:9.
— Ellen White
I always wondered why it took "three days" for significant things to happen in the Bible--Jonah spent three days in the belly of the whale, Jesus spent three days in the tomb, Paul spent three days blind in Damascus--and now I know. From earliest times, people learned that was how long they had to wait in the dark before the sliver of the new moon appeared in the sky. For three days every month they practiced resurrection.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
If you are not able to set priorities any other way, then getting lost may be the kick in the pants you have been waiting for.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. ROMANS 8 : 28 But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me. MICAH 7 : 7
— Sarah Young