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Isaiah 40:31 · WEB
31but those who wait for Yahweh shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
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Pope Francis on Patient Waiting - Catholic (Isaiah 40:31)
"Waiting on God requires patience—a virtue too often forgotten in our instant culture. The saints knew how to wait: in prayer, in liturgy, in the slow rhythm of the Church year. Renewed strength comes
Walter Brueggemann on Waiting as Resistance - Progressive (Isaiah 40:31)
"Isaiah 40 speaks to exiles exhausted by empire. 'Wait on the Lord' is not quietism but resistance—refusing to be defined by Babylon's pace and priorities. Renewed strength comes to those who trust Go
Stanley Hauerwas on Communal Waiting - Anabaptist (Isaiah 40:31)
"'Those who wait'—plural. We wait together. The community that refuses the world's frantic pace, that gathers in patience, that trusts God's timing over efficiency—this community receives strength. Wa