“Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, ‘Come, make us gods that shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’” –Exodus 32:1 (New King James Version) Do you remember the biblical story of how the people of Israel grew tired of waiting when Moses was atop Mount Sinai receiving the Ten Commandments? We could learn a lot from how they dealt with such an experience, because they provided a perfect example of exactly what not to do . Israel’s time of waiting evolved into something very troubling. It became a time of delay, a time of impatience, a time of worry and fear, a time of panic, a time of acting in ignorance, a time of being gullible, and a time of looking to leaders instead of to God Himself. As soon as “Moses delayed coming down from the mountain,” the people began...