In The Waiting

Published

02/05/2013

Recap

07/20/2024

1:39 PM

WAITING.. Waiting comes with so many different feelings.  Something I never really thought about until now. 

Waiting can be FRUSTRATING:  Like waiting in a grocery line... And the Line is so long that you think.. "Will I ever get out of here?"  And the person at the register is taking forever and you are concern that you will be late picking your child up from school.

Waiting in a long line of cars on the highway and wondering if you will make it on time for work or will you run out of gas.

Waiting can be EXHAUSTING:  Biking in your first 32 mile charity bike a-thon.  And you are so close to the end and you are feeling so exhausted and can't wait for the event to be over.   

Waiting makes you feel ANGRY:  When you lost your job and you have been unemployed for months just waiting for the right job to come along. 

Waiting can make you feel EXCITED:  Waiting for your wedding to begin and say "I do to the man of your dreams".  For your baby to come into the world or waiting for the day to arrive for you and your husband to take off on an Alaskan Cruise! 

Waiting can be very SAD... Waiting by your love ones bedside, as you know their time with you will soon come to an end.  Waiting to see them take their last breath.  And have to say your goodbyes.  

BUT....

Waiting can also be a time of REFLECTION... A time to reflect who you really are as a person.  Who God wants you to become in your journey with him.  

I am sure I could list a lot more different feelings on Waiting but right now I feel I need to point out that waiting for me is a stand still... I place where I am at in my life where I wake up thinking... what will I do today?  During Feb. 5th 2013, I was unemployed. I knew that God had me in this waiting room with him.  It was an interesting room to be in.  I place where I have felt many of the above feelings that I wrote in this blog.  But did I give up?  Did I throw the towel in and not finish the race God has set out before me?  NO!  I had finished the race and during that time of waiting I allowed God to search my heart and mind and help me to see myself in a deeper new way with him.

If it wasn't for the Lord I do not know where I would be today.  I have clearly seen God move mountains in my life and marriage and I knew that during that time, the new chapter in my life called " The Waiting Room" I learn to die to self and lean on the Lord.  So with this blog... ( which I have never done before and started by in 2/5/2013,  I will blog about what God is doing and showing me in this new chapter of my life.  I am excited to see what God has planned for me.  So for now... I wait... I wait like Joseph in the bible... He was thrown in the pit by his own brothers and waited for the day for him to be free.  And that day did come and he then became a King.  Amazing to think  that sometimes  we have to go  to the waiting room with the Lord and allow him to work in us and to prepare our way. For us to be Elevated to the next highest position like Joseph.  In Genesis 37-45 you will read about the story of Joseph and the pit and how God pulled him out  and then into a high position.  So with that in mind ... If you are in a pit you are next in line for a promotion. In one day Joseph went from the prison to the Palace!  God was moving me into a new position.  And I continued to be in that Waiting Room, waiting for the next door to be open.  

Now I'll end with this prayer that I read in my devotional:   

Father, today I put my dreams, desires, hopes and longings into Your loving hands. I trust that the vision You have given me is for an appointed time. I know Your timing is best so I will praise You until I see the promise in Jesus’ name. Amen.