The assurance you were told was still ahead of you has been yours since the beginning. You did not miss it. You were told it was still coming when it had already arrived.

The foot never left. It showed up every week, served faithfully, and watched the hand move with authority. It just never quite got over the low, persistent ache it had no good word for—because it had been told, gently and sincerely, that this was God's design.

Who is actually qualified to lead the people of God? Scripture has already answered—and the standard was never ours to lower.