Gary,  Here's one more "patiently waiting" that I just ran across this week, and I've been pondering about it since.   Lamentations 3:24-26   "The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.  The Lord is good unto those who wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.  It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord."