2 Peter 1-3, Proverbs 23

But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:8-9)

I trust the slow work of God. As I admire it, I grow more patient, too. I haven't matured to the point of exercising godly patience, but more so today than last year. God's patience is a sign of God's unrelenting effort to redeem everyone. Part of God's work is to call. Part of our work is to turn and to respond.

Sometimes, it feels like slow-motion, molasses-in-January, one step forward and two steps back repenting, but it feels like something I am meant to become and to do.