STEADFASTNESS – that is holding on.
PATIENCE – that is holding back.
EXPECTANCY – that is holding the face up.
OBEDIENCE – that is holding oneself in readiness to go or do.
LISTENING – that is holding quiet and still so as to hear.
(S. D. Gordon)
"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be upon his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."
Isaiah 9: 6