Waiting

What are you waiting for? I remember when I was younger, I couldn't wait until I was 13 so I could wear the wonderful Merle Norman make-up, then 16 was to die-for, because it meant actual DATES! Then 18 was the magical time to finally finish high school and go off to college to join my boyfriend who had been way too busy on the social scene while I waited alone for him. Then I could not wait until college, and my teacher certification test. During college I became engaged and engagement meant can't wait for the wedding, wedding meant a new life, new apartment, new things, and a new life. Then I waited for our precious children, then for the time they went to preschool, waiting for kindergarten, for them to get off the bus, for middle school, now high school.

What am I waiting for now? A divorce hearing, my one child to finish boarding school, the other one is about to graduate from high school and go off to college. And you know what? I CAN WAIT! I have learned that our lives are always in a transition, I will always be waiting on something, someone I love to come out of the hospital, someone to come home, someone to leave. My mother used to tell me, "don't wish away your life" when in high school, we just could not wait for Friday nights! She was so right. My Friday nights are now quiet, usually spent at home, wondering where all of the "wait" days went to . . . . The Bible has instruction on waiting, but it is different from my mental view. It says, Wait on the Lord, be still and wait. His plans require listening, waiting and walking towards His plans for our lives. And His way and dividends for waiting are always rewarding. Lord, help me to wait.