Just Waiting...

I updated my status on facebook with this: "David is just waiting...". A friend of ours asked, "Waiting for what?" Waiting for what? Isn't that the million dollar question...

All we really have is waiting. There are things in our lives that we can do nothing about except wait, especially if we are relying on others. We are impatient people, that is for sure. We want what we want when we want it, so when we are required to wait it goes against our nature, our desires. Think about it: how do you respond when you are put on hold by companies on the phone? Do you wait 1 minute then hang up? Do you role your eyes when asked, "Can you please hold?" It's cause we're impatient! Being impatient isn't all that bad. It's when it starts effecting you emotionally or causing stress of anxiety. If you are waiting and it causes you to have bad day or start lashing out at others around you because you are not getting what you want right now, that is when it is bad to be impatient! I am writing this especially for me.

What am I waiting for? Let's see...

• Thanksgiving
• Christmas
• Job Interview possibility
• Graduation
• The end of this day
• The end of this week
• Christ to come back
• My daughter to reach more of those "cute" stages
• Some of my family to come to know Christ personally

For most of these, I am being really impatient. I told my wife just this morning, "I'm not going to make it through this day." It's causing me to wake up in the mornings and dread the day because what I want is not coming fast enough! I want for school to be over! I want my degree now! I want this really loooong day to be over now! I want that man to call me back now! It's causing me to have frustrations which I vent on others (especially my wife, who loves me dearly that she deals with it and tries to encourage me!).

Just wait. Getting frustrated doesn't doesn't make what you want happen any earlier. Just because I want the weekend to be here doesn't mean it will get here any faster. Just because I am frustrated about someone not calling me back soon enough doesn't make them call me any sooner. Just wait. I know that it sucks to hear that, it sucks for me! I just told myself to wait and now I'm angry at myself! Just wait...just wait...just wait...and be patient...

Isaiah 40:31..."but those who wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not grow faint."