By Angela D. Thomas, DrPH, MPH, MBA You're not running out of time. You're in preparation. God spent thirty hidden years getting Jesus ready for three years of ministry, which means the long, quiet stretch you're standing in isn't God forgetting your purpose. It's God building it. Let me talk to the woman who feels behind. You had a picture of where you'd be by now, and you are not there, and every birthday feels less like a celebration and more like a countdown. Everybody el