That would set the pattern for centuries to come, and for our time as well. We want spectacular wonders but we hear whispers, such as when we're attentively reading the Bible. We expect God to orchestrate astoundingly dramatic world events, but at Horeb God merely tells Elijah to place three individuals in key spots, with consequences not to be evident for years.

Setbacks may leave us depressed—I'm tired of this roller coaster—because we misread verses from Chapter 8 of Romans and expect a straight line onward and upward: "For those who love God all things work together for good . . . we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us."

We should read that passage in the light of Romans 5:3—"We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us."

Let's waste neither our bypasses nor our setbacks. How to avoid error? Psalm 121: "I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth."

I'm grateful to God for my rapid healing.