Showing posts with label waiting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label waiting. Show all posts

Monday, July 1, 2019

my day off

As I sat outside on this glorious morning having some quiet time with the Almighty, today's study was on waiting.  That sounds familiar - Pastor Dave's been taking us through the book of Habakkuk!

The interesting part she discussed about waiting was what they did while they waited.  She talked about the fact that there's always work that can be done during the waiting.  Sometimes it's simply being quiet before God and doing some soul-searching and making ourselves available.  And other times there's actual physical work that needs to be done just to prepare us for what God's going to reveal at the end of the waiting.  Like Noah did while he waited for rain!

So to those of you in a season of waiting, take great encouragement from the amazing people God used in the Bible that waited, possibly much longer periods of waiting than God may ask us to be in.

I don't feel like I'm waiting right now, but still I'm asking myself as I write this, what is God's plan for this day before me?  How can just a day-off affect eternity for His glory...I guess I'll just remain in Him and wait and see what He has for me as I put one foot in front of the other and enter this day!



Wednesday, May 1, 2013

waiting

I'm sitting here at The Coffee House waiting for our Artist Group to arrive.

I love them - they're worth waiting for.  They're not late - I'm early.  So conveniently it's 70 degrees and lovely outside as I sit here waiting with my amazing iced coffee outside!

I sat here and started thinking about all the waiting I'm currently doing.

-I'm waiting for dinner until later.
-I'm waiting for our first grandchild to arrive,
-I'm waiting (and not anxious) to say goodbye to our daughter and son-in-law for a year as they prepare to be missionaries in Cambodia.  I couldn't be happier that they are following God and using their talents to serve orphans over there, I'll just miss them terribly!
-I'm waiting for answers to about 20 emails I sent out today
-I'm waiting to talk to a few friends that I miss very much
-I'm waiting and looking forward to several concerts and special events that are coming to Crossroads
-I'm waiting for a difficult conversation that I know is coming


I can easily spend my whole day just waiting.

God often brings to my mind the fact that I have done nothing at the end of a busy day to move closer to Him. 

How much of my life has He been waiting for me...