Tag Archives: waiting

The Timing of a Surprise

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Samuel Cronin

If we collected all the clocks in the world, all the wristwatches and alarm clocks and cell phones and every grandfather clock and wall clock and mantle clock and all the sundials, and every other kind of clock we could … Continue reading →

Posted in Prayers, Scripture | Tagged alarm clock, clocks, grandfather clocks, Hoping, patience, prayerful spirit, Praying, time keeper, timing, unanswered prayers, waiting, waiting on God, wristwatch | Leave a comment

Drink a Cup of Coffee in the Shower

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Samuel Cronin

As an exercise in patience. Sure, try it. It’s very difficult to be impatient while you’re drinking coffee in the shower with the water thrumming against your neck and all normal assumptions of what you are there to do are … Continue reading →

Posted in Gooberville | Tagged being home, Coffee, coffee beans, Columbia, Drinking coffee, enjoyment, Faith, God, Humor, impatience, java, nonsense, patience, Showering, Showers, waiting, zaniness | Leave a comment

A Strange True Hope

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Samuel Cronin

In my flesh I’m so resistant to hope. God asks me to hope in Him (Why am I so discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise Him again — my … Continue reading →

Posted in Inspiration, Prayers, Scripture | Tagged Basketball, chores, doing dishes, God, Hope, Hoping, love, orange juice, planning, Praying, suffering, waiting, work, working | Leave a comment

A Powerful Explosion

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Samuel Cronin

Imagine sitting in the stands at a drag race. You’ve been waiting for some time but still the cars have not rolled out to compete. In fact, you’ve been waiting for so long that all the ice in your soda … Continue reading →

Posted in Inspiration, Prayers, Story | Tagged Community, Competition, Drag Racing, Faith, Faithfulness, God, Heaven, Hope, Hoping, love, Prayer, Sport, waiting | Leave a comment

Praying in a Womb

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Samuel Cronin

Waiting on God is like the process of being born. Let me explain. You pray for something and it doesn’t happen. And you pray some more, and nothing happens. And you pray till you run out of words, and still … Continue reading →

Posted in Inspiration, Prayers, Story | Tagged Answers from God, Birth, childbirth, love, Making it Big, patience, Praying, waiting, waiting on God, womb, writing | 1 Comment

Bug Crawling

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Samuel Cronin

Suppose writing is like bug crawling. You pick a window in the sun, an expanse that captures a breath of your life-sized dream. And the passion is to make it across that window as fast as you can because it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Inspiration, Story | Tagged adventure, bugs, contentment, enjoying life, Hope, hurrying, impatience, patience, slowing down, taking your time, waiting, writer's block, writing | Leave a comment

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