When Doing Isn't Enough . . . Waiting Is Plenty Quotes

“When you throw a stone into a pond ripples go out from where the stone landed and sometimes it’s hard to pinpoint exactly where the ripples stop. It’s the same way with every choice we make and every action we take or refuse to take. Everything we do or do not do has consequences and those consequences are inescapable. We may escape the consequences in the short run however, in the long run someone will experience those consequences – either you or someone who comes after you. The same holds true for waiting on God. There are consequences to waiting on God and there are consequences to refusing to wait on God.”
― Mary Detweiler, When Doing Isn't Enough

“Waiting is not popular in our modern society. Immediate gratification is popular. We want what we want now, and we do everything possible to get whatever it is we want now and avoid waiting… God, however, appears to like waiting and seems to require it of anyone who will be used by him, particularly those who will be used in a significant way. When studying the lives of individuals in the Bible who have been used by God to accomplish extraordinary tasks there certainly seems to be a correlation between waiting and serving God in the extraordinary ways they were called to serve.”
― Mary Detweiler, When Doing Isn't Enough . . . Waiting Is Plenty