WAITING

Waiting!  I hate to wait.  Waiting on someone to answer a business phone is a boring process.  The music!  Listening to their sales pitch!  Waiting!

Waiting at the doctor’s office, at a traffic light, or a page to load.  Wait.  Wait.  Wait.  Such a waste of time.  Waiting ...

“Hey Mary.”

Yes.  Oh my.  What have I done now?

“Do I hear you complaining about waiting?”

Sorta.  I was on hold and the music sucked... oops.  The music was not my favorite genre.

“Do you ever make me wait?”

Me?  Make God wait?  I think that would be like a law, ordinance, or commandment.  I can hear you saying, “Thou shalt not keep God waiting.”

“You do have the best imagination.  Gabriel will chuckle when I tell him your comment.”

Do I make you wait?  Name one time ... better make that three times.

“Did you pray yesterday?”

Of course!  I got really busy...  maybe not.  Knew you would have one to zing at me.

“I waited all day.  You had much on your heart.  I wanted to help you.”

But .

“But what?  I have two more.”

But you have all the time in the world.  You’re just sitting around, so what if I .

“Mary, do you really want to finish that statement?  All I do is sit around?’

Maybe this would be a good time for me to wait instead of speaking.

“The key word is wait.  Humans seem to think waiting is a waste of time.  Waiting is a gift.”

A GIFT?  Do you have any idea how long 20 minutes or an hour or a day or a week is when you are sitting in a hospital waiting room?  Waiting — a gift?  Waiting can be pure hell! Especially when ..

“My child, I am in every waiting room.  In every operating room.  I did not say waiting was easy.  I said it is a gift.

Waiting allows you to pray and prepare.  Waiting allows you to make wise decisions.  Waiting allows you to realize I am there.”

I never thought about it that way.  There are times I should have waited before making a decision.  I am sorry I made you wait yesterday.  May I pray now?

“Of course.  I have all the time in the world.  I’m just sitting around.”

You are not going to forget I said that are you?

“Nope.  Just sitting here.  Nothing to do.  

Except listen to what is on your heart.”

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So often we complain about waiting, but waiting really is a gift.

Waiting gives us time to pray and to prepare.

Waiting gives us time to slow down, think, and make wise decisions.

Waiting gives us time to realize we are not alone.