I don't know of any time in my life when I have sought more anxiously a relief from the intensity of the drama of the Lenten season. I know that it is not time yet, that the suffering and agony of the crucifixion must precede the joyous proclamation of the resurrection. Yet my heart and my mind revolt against this continual confession of personal inadequacy, of personal pride and guilt. Never before have I longed so for the peace and comfort which my church can give me; for the contented and comfortable feeling which the gospel can proclaim, that all is according to God's plan and the taste of victory and the vision of glory are already upon us. Yet I know that it is not time yet; for in my impatience I am met with the awesome patience of God, who traveled the road of suffering, persecutio…