We do not obtain the most precious gifts by going in search of them but by waiting for them.

Simone Weil

Numbers 6:24-26
May the Lord bless you and keep you.
May the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you.
May the Lord turn his face towards you and give you peace.

These words were fulfilled in Christ
– 500 years after they were said by Aaron to the people of Israel. 
Waiting is a recurrent theme in the Bible – we should not expect to be exempt.