I've been thinking of these two quotes from Thomas Kelly's A Testament of Devotion for the past couple of weeks and trying to find the quotes. I finally located them and am placing them here for future reference to save me some time in the future.

And much religious work is carried on in just this same way. With shrewd and canny foresight religious people study the past, examine all the factors in the situation which they can foresee, and then decide what is wisest to undertake, or what is most congruous with the Christian life described in the Gospels. Then they breathe a prayer to God to reinforce their wills and keep them strong in executing their resolve.(69)

The Cosmic Patience becomes, in part, our patience, for after all God is at work in the world. It is not we alone who are at work in the world, frantically finishing a work to be offered to God. (100)