Waiting

This age of fast food, self service and instant messaging has proven that nobody likes to wait, but we all have to. We wait in line we wait for a movie we wait for food in restaurant, but if it takes longer that we expect we wonder why. Everyone is on a different clock, so what is slow to you is very fast to someone else. We don't take into account what it takes to perform a service for us. Take renting a DVD, seems simple, right? You go in, pick out a DVD and pay at the counter. No problem, right? Well what about the process for making sure your DVD got to the shelf (or back to the shelf)? What about the process of accepting your payment or checking DVD back in so you don't get charged for it? Those items escape us but all take time. What I am saying here is to stop and smell the roses or coffee or whatever will make you slow down, even for just a moment. An actor in a movie once said, "Life moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it". It is the same with people. We are all moving along in this life at different stages of physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual maturity. These four areas may or may not be aligned or related to each other. A person with high intellect may be a basket case emotionally. The bumper sticker "Be patient, God is not finished with me yet!" is a motto we all need to embrace. So the next time you feel the angst rising up in you, take time to reflect where you are today compared to where you were. The old hymn can also serve to remind us to reflect, “Count your many blessings, Name them one by one, Count your many blessings, and See what God has done
Isaiah 40:31
Proverbs 14:29