The thing about "waiting" is that it can become a lifestyle. When what you are waiting for finally happens there can always be something else to wait for. I'm very talented, I've combined waiting with worrying. I can wait for what I need to worry about next- or worry about what I'm going to wait for next. I practiced the not-so-dynamic duo (waiting&worrying) this weekend with my sick 10 year old. Strep or H1N1 was the question.
I don't want to "wait" my life away. It dulls everything. I've never had a sparkling conversation while waiting for the luggage carousal to cough up my suitcase- I'm too busy waiting and watching. A life style of waiting means always looking past the now to watch for something else, it means that nothing is ever the main event, everything is muted.
Lamentations 3:25 "The Lord is my portion," says my soul "therefore I will hope in him."
Waiting must be very different from "hoping" because Lamentations 3:25 goes on to say, "The Lord is good to those who wait for him,to the soul that seeks him."
Lamentations 3:22 Was made into a song I learned in college- "The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
I'm thankful I have a God that is ever present, ever loving and the giver of second chances. I'm trying to learn to not wait, but to wait on Him.
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I could have written so much of this post. I often feel like I am waiting for us to retire and settle down to finally start living. Unfortunately, by doing that I am allowing life to pass me by. Thanks for those scriptures.
This is such a great post, I found it very encouraging and shared it with a friend as well.
Love it! It reminds me of Dr. Seuss's Oh The Places You Go.
Thanks for that post.
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