I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning. Psalm 130:6

I have a confession. I hate waiting! I always have. When I was a little girl, I would drive my mom crazy asking when Christmas was coming. I can still hear her say, “Stop wishing your life away.”

Now that I am older, I am even more impatient. Maybe it is because I have less life left? Now, I am not anxious for time to speed ahead. I am anxious for it to slow down so I can get more done in the time I have left.

MIT did a study that says the average person spends two years of their life in line. I think I have spent one of those years in line in one particular store. I am not naming any names, but I think I saw you there too. You may have seen me standing there appearing calm on the outside, but on the inside I was coming unglued. There I said it. Now you know. Or maybe you saw me coming unglued and you knew already.

I willingly admit I am a work in progress in so many areas. People say not to pray for patience because the way God answers that prayer is by allowing us to go through tough situations that build patience. I promise I have not prayed for patience, but my loving Father knows where I need help.

James 1: 2-4 says, Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. Okay, case in point, I am still not joyful about my trials. Sometimes I have gone into them kicking and screaming and come out of them not much better. And, if there is a time that I am going to be lacking nothing, well, it’s not now. He’s still working on me. I am thankful He loves me that much.

I do not know why there is this difference, but I am sure that God keeps no one waiting unless He sees that it is good for him to wait. —C.S. Lewis

Joseph waited 15 years. Abraham waited 25 years. Moses waited 40 years. Jesus waited 30 years. If God is making us wait, we are in good company.

Have you been waiting for an answer to a particular prayer? Don’t give up. Sometimes God says wait.

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Dear Lord: Thank You for loving us and answering prayer, whether the answer is Yes, No, or Wait. Please forgive me for not always accepting Your will as I should. Like the night watchmen of Psalm 130:6, we long for the dawn of Your grace in our lives. I lift up those who are reading this to You and praise You in advance for all You are going to do. Amen