Quiet, Part II

 

Steadfastness, that is holding on;

patience, that is holding back;

expectancy, that is holding the face up;

obedience, that is holding one’s self in readiness to go or do;

listening, that is holding quiet and still so as to hear.

- S.D. Gordon, Quiet Talks on Prayer

Quiet

I do know that waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to God about it whenever it intrudes upon one’s thoughts. – Elisabeth Elliot