Raymond Edman refers to “the discipline of delay” in his excellent book, The Disciplines of Life. He writes, “We live in a restless, impatient day. We have little time for preparation and less for meditation or worship. We feel we must be active and energetic, humanly effective; we cannot understand why inactivity, weakness, weariness, and seeming uselessness should be our lot. It all appears so foolish and futile, without plan or purpose.” He then makes this profound statement: “The delay that instructs and prepares us saves time, never loses it.”2
