When God Doesn’t Rush the Ending

The Ache and Grace of Suspense - A Reflection on John 10:22-30

¹There’s a kind of waiting that wears on you. Not the kind marked on a calendar—ten days until vacation, five minutes until the microwave beeps. I’m talking about the waiting that seeps into your bones. The ache of almost. The weight of not yet.

That’s the suspense in John 10.

“How long will you keep us in suspense?” (v. 24)

It was winter in Jerusalem. Not …