Waiting...

Been in a contemplative mood lately. 

Driving to work this morning, my favorite song by John Waller came on, "While I'm Waiting."  Waiting to many different people can mean many different things.  We wait in line at the grocery store, wait in the waiting room of a Dr.'s office, wait for a phone call, wait for a child to be born, wait for a transplant, wait for a loved one to be saved....wait...wait...wait....

How DO we wait?  I, for one, DO NOT like waiting for many things.  I can be patient - - sort of, when I need to be.  But, really,...I'm not a patient person.  I don't like to be idle, so being still is really a struggle for me.  I am, however, waiting for several things. 

Waiting for this school year to end...

Waiting for Olivia to arrive...

Waiting for a full time job for Tim...

Waiting for the economy to turn around...

Waiting to be able to stay home with the kids...

Wait...

Wait...

Wait...

What should we do when we wait?  Like I said earlier, I don't like to be idle, so I try to find things to keep myself "busy."  Now I don't like to be "busy" for the sake of being busy.  BUT, when I am waiting for an answer from the Lord, I try my best to be productive. 

NOW, I still very much struggle with this.  But I try to ask myself, "Well, what can I do for the Lord, while I wait for this answer or this thing I am praying for?"  Sometimes, that in itself is exactly what the Lord is wanting to teach me.

So my little piece of advice to you , that I try to follow, is "while you're waiting" do something, find something to do, for the Lord.  You don't have to wait idlly, what good is that?  A productive "waiter" looks and sees what else needs to be done around him/her to help further God's Kingdom. 

And I believe if we seek God's Kingdom FIRST, everything else will fall into place.  So while you're waiting, don't WAIT for God to WAIT on YOU, but go ahead and make a difference to someone else.  Who knows, you could be the one that someone else is "waiting" to come along - for whatever reason.