The mushrooms that you can find in your garden sprout, grow, and die within a day. On the other hand, the oak in your yard grows much more slowly, but it can weather terrible storms. Success with Christianity—and, really, with all life in general—can be summarized in two words: Takes time.
Places worth going don’t have shortcuts. When you are patient, God promises that He will work in your favor. Consider this verse: “For since the world began, no ear has heard and no eye has seen a God like you, who works for those who wait for him!” (Isaiah 64:4).
Remember that, with patience, even the snail was able to board Noah’s ark.
Taken from: We All Have Solutions, p. 18, by Roger Hernandez,