Waiting patiently? Or WAITING not so patiently?

A position of “holding pattern” teaches us patience.  To most it is one of our least favorite places to be.  Waiting on this or that can stretch the patience.  When we are placed in a waiting situation, that is the time for us to learn that waiting is A-okay.  It is said over and over in The Holy Bible for us to ‘wait’. “Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.” 1

Just think when we wait for a hotdog in the microwave it takes seconds but the meal…well, it’s a hotdog.  But when we wait for Thanksgiving dinner, there is a much longer wait, but what a wonderful feast we are given.

When we go somewhere far, we rush to the airport to… wait. Instead of being impatient the wait can be sweet, anticipatory, exciting…because we know that it is going to be great.  But sometimes, or a lot of times, when we have to wait, we get antsy, impatient, maybe grumpy (hostile)…why?

Is it because we lack the trust that where we are being lead is going to be Good?  Do we lack the trust in Love, God, that it is going to be Great?  Do we want to know how the All-knowing Mind, God, is going to do it, so we can approve and disapprove it?  As if Good doesn’t know how to be and do Good?

Patience, trusting in Good, Love, the All-knowing Mind, should be the easiest thing to do.  If not then what is needed is less ego, more trust, and an even better understanding of What we’re trusting in…and obediently, courageously WAIT.

“Patience must ‘have her perfect work’.”2

"The present hour allots thy task, For present strength and patience ask; And trust His love whose sure supply Meets all thy need abundantly." 3

When we all learn that what we are waiting on is God’s precious gift of Good, a higher trust in His LOVE, perhaps then we can see that the wait is sweet and worth the patience.

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• 1 Psalms 27:14
• 2 Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy page 454 line 24
• 3 Christian Science Hymnal No. 6 vs 3