Waiting…I feel like I’m waiting for 42 different things right now.  From big things like the job change for my husband that we’ve been praying for…to little things like “will my ancestry story submission ever be selected for Genealogy Roadshow”? 😉  Actually, that’s a big one for me too! 🙂  I’m waiting for my card boutique season to start, for my upcoming dentist appointment to arrive (so I can get it over with…I’m getting a filling!), for the results of a DNA test to come, for that Amazon order to arrive, for emails about ancestry research to be returned, for fall break with the kids home, for my jeans to not feel so tight, for parent teacher conferences, for my hair to grow long…it just goes on and on!  I feel like I’m in this constant state of waiting…and get this:  I’m just waiting… to not feel like I’m WAITING all the time!! 😉

Clearly, I don’t wait well…not well at all.  I wish I were more patient and not in such a hurry for things to happen. Today while driving home from school in all the hectic parent picking up their kids traffic, we got behind a real slow poke and I heard myself say out loud in front of my little audience, “Come on…hurry up!  Ugh!!”  The little listening ears in the backseat could feel my impatience, I’m sure.  I failed big time, and I know it.  Why am I like this??!  Why am I always waiting???

Part of me knows that unfortunately, for the larger part, I’m just impatient and want things to happen NOW.  However, there is a smaller part of me that knows that God has good things ahead…and like a child, I can’t wait for them to get here!  I’ve got this wonderful expectation of His goodness because He’s proven time and time again how wonderfully generous He is!!  It’s like waiting for Christmas to arrive!  Like the job thing…I know God has a good plan for Mike and when that perfect job for him arrives, we will nod in agreement and say it was “worth the wait”!

But mostly, I just want to learn to wait well.  Instead of my hope and fulfillment being in an anticipated phone call, an email or something to arrive in the mail…I want my attention to be on the One who can bring all things to pass.  Thank goodness I don’t have to wait for THAT! 😉  Rather than focusing on what isn’t here yet, I want to focus on what IS…Jesus!  I know that when I spend time sitting in His presence, I’m filled up…and in no hurry whatsoever.  Waiting WITH Him…now that sounds nice, doesn’t it?  “Okay, Lord…take your time…I know You’re timing is perfect.  Can I wait with You awhile?” 🙂

“Those who wait upon God get fresh strength.  They spread their wings and soar like eagles, they run and don’t get tired, they walk and don’t lag behind.”  Isaiah 40:31

Good things come to those who WAIT! 😉