Not many people truly understand what it means to wait. To wait years for something to happen that has been promised to you by God. Some people do understand; they are the ones that have waited years and prayed, contended, declared God's words, sometimes fasted and with a tenacity that is rare—they have held onto hope. Hope for a better day, hope for God's goodness to shine forth and manifest, hope for a 'breaking through' into God's glorious plans—and those people stand firm on the truth that God can and will bless them with the fullness of his promises fulfilled.