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A Soldier Waits for God
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From ages past no one has heard,
no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,
who works for those who wait for him. (v. 4)
My father, Leonard Sumwalt, spent four long years of his young life waiting---waiting for World War II to end so he could come home to the farm. He dreamed about milking cows, planting corn, putting up June hay, picking black berries, and his mother’s fried chicken during that interminable wait.
no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,
who works for those who wait for him. (v. 4)
My father, Leonard Sumwalt, spent four long years of his young life waiting---waiting for World War II to end so he could come home to the farm. He dreamed about milking cows, planting corn, putting up June hay, picking black berries, and his mother’s fried chicken during that interminable wait.
