Synopses & Reviews
In today's culture, waiting is never an easy endeavor. In our push-button world ofdrive-through windows, fast Internet connections, and television on demand, we oftenoverlook the spiritual value of patience and anticipation in favor of a quest forinstant gratification and immediate results.
This book explores waiting forGod as a process essential to the spiritual life. Through the scriptural stories ofAbraham and Sarah, Elizabeth and Zechariah, Simeon and Anna, through Jesus' stoicwaiting at his Passion and Death, through the anxious experience of loss by thedisciples after Cavalry, and the anticipation of the Christian community for thearrival of the Spirit on Pentecost, Denis McBride shows how we are a people of hopedestined to wait in faith and love for our redemption.
Waiting onGod is an antidote for the anxiety, frustration, and isolation of a societyoften severed from a belief in God's promises. It gives reason for courage in theface of despair and desperation.