Wait

Waiting.

That's a concept I'd avoid if I could. But you see God has different plans for me. No matter how hard I fight it kicking and screaming, he continues to say, "Wait."

And the funny thing about waiting is that I have 2 choices:

1. Bitch and moan while I wait
2. Get a life while I wait

I've done both. But if you notice, there is something each of those choices have in common.... waiting. Regardless of which choice I choose, I still have to wait.

This song by Steven Curtis Chapman has helped me accept and deal with it. It's titled, you guessed it, Wait. Over the past 10 years, I have often played this song over and over and over and over and....

It has become my mantra.

Here are the lyrics.

(Steven Curtis Chapman and Margaret Becker)

[Isaiah 40:27-31]

You wonder when the Lord will renew the strength within you;
You wonder how, how can He use you as you are.
Seems like you're wasting precious time,
But then a voice comes to remind you (to wait).

[Chorus:]
Wait, wait, wait on the Lord;
You will understand in time.
Why you must wait,
Wait, wait, wait on the Lord;
Yes He hears you,
But for now you must wait on the Lord.

Answers come slowly to your cries of desperation,
But time is His tool, teaching the greatest lessons learned;
So let Him do His work in you,
And watch the miracles come true as you (wait).

[Chorus]

And He wants you to know that
They that wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They will rise up with wings as eagles,
They will run, not get weary.
They will walk and not faint;
That's a promise to us when we (wait).

[Chorus]