A thought occurred to me the other day that was so powerful. It’s a thought I think could change your life. But what I thought was “why do we always view waiting as a negative thing?” We’re so wrapped up in the fact that waiting is bad. Waiting for us means anxiety, worry, overthinking, etc. But it doesn’t have to.
What if our whole perspective on waiting changed? What if instead we saw it as:
a time to relax,
a time to reflect on the past,
a time to dream about what we want the future to be,
a time to set goals,
a time to learn something new,
a time to invest in relationships that you normally wouldn’t have time for,
a time to hear from God,
a time to serve,
a time to listen,
a time to grow?
There are so many wonderful things we can fill our lives with while we wait for whatever we’re waiting for, and yet we (or at least I) choose to be impatient. Anyone that knows me well enough knows that I am so impatient, and that makes me sad. Instead of waiting patiently, I choose to rush things that weren’t meant to be rushed, I choose to worry. God has given me this time and this space to grow me and to help me learn that He is in control. So I’m deciding, starting now, to start doing the things that I listed above. My adventure right now is one of waiting, and that’s what I intend to do. But not in a bad way. I am determined to allow this waiting to grow me and to teach me.
What will you do to stop the waiting from poisoning you?
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