hope

Patience is more than endurance. A saint's life is in the hands of God like a bow and arrow in the hands of an archer. God is aiming at something the saint cannot see, and He stretches and strains, and every now and again the saint says--"I cannot stand anymore." God does not heed, He goes on stretching till His purpose is in sight, then He lets fly. Trust yourself in God's hands...
-- Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest --

I have always found a place for this passage in my life. I re-read it again, for the first time in a long time, today and feel hope to be let lose when God's time is right.