Episode 143 - Waiting

We now live in an instant world where waiting is becoming increasingly unpopular. There’s nothing like buffering screens, shopping queues and traffic jams to wind up the general public. I like to think than on the whole I am quite a patient person. I sometimes pick the longest queue at the supermarket to give myself more time to stop and think, and there are even somethings that I enjoy waiting for. I enjoy waiting for Christmas for example, somehow the build up adds to the excitement of getting to spend time together as a family. Even as a child waiting for presents at Christmas I was easily able to wait because I knew that the time would come and even though I didn’t know what I’d get, I knew that it would be good (because my parents are excellent present givers).

What no-one ever told me as a child was that life is full of waiting. Not just the little stuff like waiting in line at the check-out, but the big stuff too; our hopes and our dreams. The difference with those is that there’s no knowing if they’re coming at all and if they do there’s no saying it’ll turn out to our liking. It can be so hard waiting for the future when we don’t know what it holds. I might never know what my future holds but I do know who holds my future, and I think this is what I too easily forget. Sometimes I need to ask myself if I’ve forgotten. And if I haven’t, then I need to ask myself why I’m hurting and why I’m worried, because I might not know what He’s got for me, but I know He’s got something, and I know it’s coming, and I know it’s good, because God is the best present giver of all.