Tuesday, May 10, 2011

The Waiting Room

Is it just me or are waiting rooms usually uncomfortable and unpleasant?? The chairs are uncomfortable, the magazines are out of date, the TV (if there is a TV) is playing an annoying game show or infomercial, and the temperature is either too hot or too cold. Not many people desire to spend time in a waiting room and I think it is safe to say that most of us like to spend as little time as possible in one.

Recently, I have found myself in the waiting room of life. I have circumstances that are out of my control that I am just having to
wait on. Lately, the waiting has become a little uncomfortable. I have a bit of a "Type-A" personality and this waiting around just isn't my "thing." I want things accomplished, finished, and checked off my to-do list...but I am having to wait...and wait...and wait...I'm beginning to grow frustrated and wondering why I'm not being called out of the waiting room...but...then I am reminded that as I wait...His grace is sufficient and He will help me persevere through the turmoil of waiting. As I wait, He is pulling me and stretching me to realize that His thoughts are higher than my thoughts. And that maybe, what I'm waiting for may just take a little more time.

So as I wrestle with waiting, I know that the waiting room is not a permanent place, but a place for Him to mold me into His likeness.