Waiting...

context: two of my girls just sitting, watching, waiting for cupcakes to bake...

conviction: dang!  how come when i wait...i don't look nearly as content?

Are you waiting for something?  Do things/people just seem to be taking too long for you?  Does God seem to needlessly delay?

Waiting definitely has to be one of the hardest disciplines any of us need to exercise.  Who in their right mind wants to wait for anything?  Right NOW is better than later, right?  Yet time and time again, I keep getting reminded of these two things:

   #1) God is rarely EARLY...but He's always ON TIME

   #2) God's DELAYS don't necessarily mean his DENIALS

Don't wanna sound all preachy here...but sometimes it's during that very delay or "baking time" when God is workin His magic...actually preparing something even better than what we're willing to settle for at the given moment. 

So dear God, please help me to remember that you're still in control of things...even when I think you're running late and have probably forgotten all about me amidst your busy schedule.  Help me to trust in your character and your ways...to have a "child-like faith"...to just trust you...even the way my two little munchkins trusted their mommy here and waited for the baking time to have its course...not settling for the batter but waiting for something much better!  Amen.