Waiting.....

Does it ever drive you totally crazy to be waiting?

As a kid you live in anticipation while waiting for your birthday, Christmas, and school to end for the year.
You have such a hard time waiting and not peaking at gifts before its time to open them.
You crave the freedom summer brings from school and it gets difficult to stay on task and finish strong.

In your teen years you can't wait till you're 16 and can get your permit.
Then to be able to get your license and have your first car.
Then to graduate from high school and go off to college.
You go off and search for your first job and you have to wait to see if you get a call for an interview.
After being interviewed you wait to hear if you got the job.

Then you meet that special someone.
Things start to get serious and you can't wait to get engaged.
And the waiting can be very difficult in the area of physical intimacy.
You begin planning the wedding and you just can't wait for the day you say "I do!"
And your waiting pays off.
You're happily married.

Then a new season of waiting begins.
For some its waiting for their purchase offer to go through on a house.
For some its waiting for their debts to be fully paid off before getting to dream of a house.
For others its waiting to get pregnant or awaiting the arrival of a new baby.
Waiting for that adoption to go through.
Waiting....waiting...waiting.....


Personally right now, I am in a season of waiting.
I am patiently anxiously awaiting the arrival of our second son any day now. (He's officially 3 days over due.)
I'm also waiting for the day that we are debt free.
Then waiting till we have enough saved up for a nice down payment on a house.
I'm waiting for my husband's dream job to become a reality.
I'm waiting.

But I have to admit that I'm not always the best at waiting.
Sometimes it makes me feel like my whole life is on  hold when I'm waiting.
I don't know about you but sometimes I just plain get tired.
I get sick and tired of trying to wait patiently and I'm even guilty of trying to make things happen in my timing.
But did you know we have been called to be faithful in the waiting,
and when we do we'll be rewarded with an amazing source of strength?
I know I forget this often.

"But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; 

they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; 

and they shall walk, and not faint." -Isaiah 40:31

So what about you?

Are you currently in a season of waiting?

I would love to hear from you and be able to pray for you in your season of waiting no matter what it is.

Really amazing song that constantly reminds me what I should be doing while I'm waiting.