I will not drive them out
from before you in one year,
lest the land become desolate
and the wild beasts
        multiply against you.
Little by little
I will drive them out
                    before you,
until you are increased
      and possess the land.

               Exodus 23. 29-30

(This is a hard and scary place.
Where is God when I need Him?
God is at work.
There is a reason for His timing.
There is a reason
           for our faithfulness.
This may be a place
       of strengthening.)