waiting

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Are you in what you'd classify as a season of waiting?

Has anyone ever told you that you need to just keep waiting? That seasons of waiting are okay? Not okay? Or has anyone told you to simply be present and find joy in the moment even if you're in this season of "waiting?"

Stop looking for the next thing. If you aren't content in the season you're in, you'll find discontentment in the next season, too. 

So... here's a newsflash for you today: If you're a believer, you ARE in a season of waiting, and you will be until the day you die. 

If you don't find joy in today's waiting, it isn't going to magically appear in tomorrow's. All the joy and contentment you need is the joy of knowing that we're ALL waiting for heaven, and that have we hope for a perfect eternity with our Creator. Pretty cool.

Waiting for a boyfriend. Waiting for a proposal. Waiting for a spouse. Waiting for the right job to come up. Waiting for kids. Waiting for a house. Waiting for your kids to go graduate. Waiting for grandkids. Waiting for a test result.

W A I T I N G.......

There are all kinds of waiting in life... and in every season, there's always going to be something else you're waiting for. You'll never feel like you've "arrived" in that perfect season in life. Well, you might for a moment, but it won't last.

Ultimately, you're waiting for the LORD's kingdom to come. You're waiting for eternity, and until you enter eternity, you'll be waiting for it.

Here's today's newsflash: you won't be done waiting until you die.

Your life is a season of waiting for eternity with the Lord. 

I just said the same thing in a few different ways... many times over. But, God does a similar thing in His Word. He wants us to get the point: WAIT for the LORD!!


Wait for the LORD; be strong and let your heart take courage; yes, wait for the LORD. 
~ Psalm 27:14 

I wait for the LORD, my soul does wait, and in His word do I hope. 
~ Psalm 130:5

And now LORD, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.
~ Psalm 39:7

It is Good that he waits silently for the salvation of the LORD. 
~ Lamentations 3:26


*Additional verses about waiting on the LORD: Psalm 25:5, Romans 8:25, Jude 1:21

It's ok to wait. 

Wait patiently, and find joy in the season you're in. If you're hoping to find joy after you're done waiting for one thing, you'll be disappointed, because there's always something else to wait for (until heaven). 

Happy waiting!! :) 



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