... that, can't we, in light of his current situation? But God takes his own sweet time. After all, He has been working on this world for hundreds of millions of years. But His purpose is just as sure and His plan is just as unstoppable. Lincoln Steffens remembers one Christmas while growing up when he wanted a pony more than anything. "I prayed and hoped I would get a pony," he wrote. "My good little sisters -- to comfort me -- remarked that Christmas was coming, but Christmas was always coming and grown-ups ...
2. Nothing Is Done
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"Nothing is done," Lincoln Steffens once wrote. "Everything in the world remains to be done or done over. The greatest picture is not yet painted. The greatest play isn't written. The greatest poem is unsung." Nothing is perfect, we can add. There's no perfect airline. There's no perfect government. there's no perfect law. Faucets still drip, as one did years ago in the Steffens household. As he and his seven-year-old son tried to fix it, Steffens had to admit that his generation could not make a fit ...
