How do YOU wait?

Looking around the room I see a mom trying to entertain her toddler, a gentleman playing on his phone, and in the corner an elderly man reading a newspaper.  Sitting in a waiting room can be entertaining as you observe how people wait.  Working in a doctor's office at the front desk you get a close look at how people "wait".  There are those that will sigh loudly as the clock ticks.  Some have their noses in a book.  Then there is my favorite person whose head is cocked back, mouth open on the verge of a snore!!

How do you wait?  To be honest, I am not very good at it.  I am the one who looks at the clock.  I will try to read a magazine or play on my phone but I am always watching the clock!  I don't like waiting.  Waiting is exactly where I am right now.  After prayer and talking with Matt, the answer we feel  through prayer and discussion is "Wait". 

What I do with my "wait" is important.  The more I sigh and stare at the clock, the slower the hands on the clock move.  If I sleep through the wait, I may miss out on something! The Lord knows on my own I cannot wait quietly!!  Yet I feel that in this wait, I need to be alert and quiet myself .  There is a reward in knowing HIM in this waiting.  There is a treasure to discover in this wait.  Learning something more about Papa God and letting Him change, renew and keep me in this wait.  He isn't saying "no", just "not yet".

Zephaniah 3:16-17, "Do not fear; Zion, let not your hands be weak.  The Lord your God is in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing."

I don't know if you are being asked to wait on your blessing or an answer to prayer, but I hope that in your waiting you find that He will quiet you with His love. I hope you hear in your heart the song of rejoicing He sings over you as you wait in Him.