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7/21/2011

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Today I’m going to start mixing a few shorter posts in on my blog, using quotes that might spark some thinking or reflection. St. Gregory (in Spanish “San Diego”), was a sixth century pope. He was a prolific writer and was considered by John Calvin to be the last good pope. Among his writings was this quote, “All holy desires grow by delay; and if they diminish by the delay, then they were never holy desires.”

The implication is that if a desire we have is from God, it is likely to involve some waiting. God seems to use waiting as a crucial part of his refining process in us. As Gregory points out, sometimes the waiting is what he uses to rid us of desires that were never from him in the first place. Often it is in the waiting that God shapes our character and strengthens our faith. Unfortunately waiting is hard. It often feels like God is absent. In those times it is crucial to remember that delay is one of God’s most powerful tools. So what are you waiting for?
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