you take it on faith, you take it to the heart
the waiting is the hardest part The holy scripture according to the book of Acts (1:1-14) Way back in 1981 Tom Petty crooned, “The waiting is the hardest part.” And he’s right , isn’t he? Waiting is the hardest part. Which is odd if you think about it. After all, waiting shouldn’t be all that hard. I mean, you don’t have to do anything. In fact, that’s the only precondition of waiting, that you don’t DO anything! Yet , for some reason, that’s the hardest part; waiting, not doing anything. Tom Petty said he thought this song held up so well because it’s so adaptable to so many situations. And he’s right, isn’t he? It doesn’t matter what it is, waiting is the hardest part. … That’s what the disciples are facing down in today’s scripture, too. After his suffering , Jesus presented himself alive to them. And now that he’s done what no one else ever has, the disciples are ready to do anything, too! In fact, they’re even ready...