http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/121519.cfm
I quote:
Be patient, brothers and sisters,
until the coming of the Lord.
See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth,being patient with it
until it receives the early and the late rains.
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Biblical stories often relate to the seasons, and the agricultural economy in order to explain the influence of life's challenges on every human person. This universal truth is made transparent when understanding that the created is subject to the laws of that which is our creator. Thus it is not our perception of time that matters when pondering why our life is not going according to our well laid plans.
To realize the unimportance of time is the gate to wisdom. ~ Bertrand Russell
Time as we understand time is never as important as we are taught to believe, when understanding that what ever the time of day we live in the moment, never in any thought that our understanding of time should be the master of our fate.
Aesop's fable relating to a race between a tortoise, and a hare pointing to the perseverance of the tortoise teaches us the proverbial the more haste, the worse speed or have it applied to Biblical wisdom that the race is not to the swift ~ (Ecclesiastes 9.11) invites the wise person to remain patient when setting off on their journey into the unknown grasping the hand of The Saviour to lead them. Lead kindly light.
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~ Lao Tzu
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