Waiting
When we can text a message to India and talk to a cousin in the Antarctic in real time,
having to actually wait for a conversation
or an answer to a party invitation seems like agony – and unnecessary.
But in real life, time is seasonal, God-made.
Waiting is a spiritual exercise which needs to be cherished, pondered over and learnt.
If we are disturbed, agitated by waiting, we can set up strategies;
the very first is to be thankful for time, waiting time, God’s time.
Travelling home from work past houses after house,
consider that God made and loves whoever lives behind those walls.
Is this the season for my branch (me!) to do something?
I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope;
my soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning,
more than those who watch for the morning.
Psalm 130: 5-6
Waiting to grow up and take one’s place in the adult world can be very fraught for some.
Members in Wales are God-inspired as they use a strategy
of teaching young homeless people new skills like cooking.
We thank God for this loving and timely action which is building
their self-esteem and confidence to enter the season of living independently.