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“Are we there yet?” There is nothing that energetic kids hate more than sitting in a plane, train, or automobile for hours on end. It’s torture for them, especially when the batteries in their gizmo are dead (it’s not that easy on the parents either!). As we get older and experience more of life’s more difficult challenges, the same kind of feeling surfaces albeit multiplied many times over. We essentially cry out to God, “Are we there yet?” “How long, O Lord?” It can feel like we are being ignored and that this “trip” is going to take forever. We can feel ignored at times. However, as with the long car trip, we eventually arrive at our destination. We do eventually hear the words, “We’re there!” The trouble passes, God answers us, He puts up with our impatience, and we again realize that God never stopped caring. Now if we could just remember that before we get into the car...