Isn't Waiting Just a Waste of Time?
Dear Friends I don't know anyone who really enjoys waiting, I know I don't! Whether it's waiting in the queue at the supermarket, sitting in the waiting room to see the Doctor, waiting for test results, or waiting for your birthday or a family holiday. Waiting just seems such a waste of time, doesn't it? Time that we could spend doing something else, something more productive, and we fuss and fume over the wasted time that we will never get back. I've been thinking about last week's blog and it led to thoughts on how God often asks us to "wait" or says "not yet" to something we long for. We can read of many instances in the bible when God tells a person to wait. It seems to me that God is asking that I wait for his timing, so how do I make the most of this waiting time so that it's not a wasted time? I think there are two kinds of waiting, passive waiting and active waiting. Passive waiting means I sit around, twiddling my th...