Wait. What does that simple word bring to mind for you? Does it create a warm, fuzzy feeling for you? Are you the type who doesn't want to pray for patience because you don't want to wait on the time it will take for you to learn it? Most of us probably fall in the category of not liking to wait. Maybe tolerating it at best. We are the reason that Pop-Tarts can be microwaved. Who has the time to wait 25 seconds for the toaster? We need it in 5 seconds. Matter of fact is there a way we can get it done quicker in maybe 2 seconds? We want it now and we don't want to wait for it.
Most of us probably wouldn't make good farmers. See you have to wait on the harvest. You work and you do the things you are supposed to, but still you have to wait for it to grow. And growing takes time. So you wait. And wait some more. And then probably even a little longer before it is time to harvest. (I have no farming background, but that is my understanding of how it works.) Some things need that time to become usable and serve their purpose.
The other side of waiting is that sometimes we are too slow in acting. We hit "wait" mode and never move forward. We wait for exactly the right time before we make a decision. We want to ponder every possible variable and try to control it all. So we wait, and wait, and continue to wait without moving forward. Then we miss the harvest. We waited too long to plant, we waited for the ideal day with 75 degree temperatures and a slight southerly breeze to act, we waited when we should have been doing our part to help it grow. We wait on the wrong things.
What should you be waiting on? Where do you need to act and quit waiting? My guess is you might have both areas in your life right now. Somethings are worth waiting for, others may require you to act now. So what do you do? No nice solution to wrap it all up. You will just have to wait for that.
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