In the scriptures, the word wait means to hope, to anticipate, and to trust. To hope and trust in the Lord requires faith, patience, humility, meekness, long-suffering, keeping the commandments, and enduring to the end.
In the dictionary…
- the action of staying where one is or delaying action until a particular time or until something else happens.”years of waiting”
- official attendance at court.
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