This weekend is the annual "Red River Shootout" in the Dallas Cotton Bowl, between rivals the University of Texas and the University of Oklahoma. It's an amazing sight to see that stadium half full of red clothing and half full of burnt orange. You can tell which fans are sitting where. OU has had Texas' number for the last four years in a row. If OU beats Texas again, it'll be heartache for the Longhorns faithful. You can definitely sense the tension when hearing fans in Texas talk about it.
[more later]
Now it's later.
I've even got a bet going with one of our writers. If OU wins, then we pay him the difference in score for this article he's writing for us. If Texas wins, then he pays the difference in score for the privilege of writing for HM.
Ha ha.
Anyway, what I wanted to write here was about impatience. And that counterpart... What's it called? Oh yeah -- patience!
When God asked Noah to build an ark, it was as many as 120 years before the rain fell. And I get impatient if there are more than three people at the Wendy's drive-thru in front of me. Or when I have to wait "a year" (reality = 5 minutes or less) to check out at Best Buy.
The book of Hebrews encourages us:
"You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised."
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at October 6, 2004 07:49 AM