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It's all about the concept of trust, trust in God, in ourselves, and in our communities.

And it centers women's wisdom and experience with trust, especially the trust in our individual

relationship with heavenly parents that allow each of us to act with power and integrity

in our own lives.

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Hey everybody, this is Aubrey Chavez from Faith Matters.

We live in a world that prizes activity, being productive, staying in control, always doing

something.

So when life brings seasons of waiting through illness, loss, or circumstances we didn't choose,

it can feel unsettling, even threatening to our sense of self.

But what if those seasons are actually inviting us into a deeper understanding of God?

Today we're joined by Taral Givens to explore an extraordinary book called The Stature of

Waiting by W. H. Vanstone. Vanstone noticed something hiding in plain sight in the gospel accounts of

the last week of Jesus' life. Up until a certain moment, Jesus is the one acting. He's teaching,

healing, feeding, leading, and then almost imperceptibly, the grammar of the story

shifts. He's no longer the one doing, but the one to whom things are being done. He's handed over.

He waits, he receives. And Van Stone suggests that this isn't a tragic turn in the story.

It's its deepest revelation. Terlin Fiona introduced so many of us to the God

who weeps in Moses 7. In Vanstone, we meet the same vulnerable God again, this time waiting,

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