Abba,

Waiting is hard.  It goes against the grain of our fleshly passions.  It often feels like rubbing ones hand against the grain of wood and coming away with splinters.  It hurts.  It takes works and sacrifice to endure waiting with patience and joy. 

And yet, O Divine One, waiting is a precious tool in your box intended for your glory and our good.  You accomplish so much in the waiting. 

  • Trust/Faith is tested and strengthened in the waiting
  • Contentment is taught to us in the wait.  We learn to be at peace and have joy with what we have.
  • Enhanced enjoyment at the coming of the thing waited for.  The more/longer we wait for something, the deeper the enjoyment of it when it comes.
  • Intimacy with you is deepened as we are forced to wait.  As we learn to do so with patience and joy, we come know a greater delight in you than we knew before.
  • We proclaim Your glory to others when they witness our patient joy in the waiting.

Yes, Abba, so much good comes out of waiting.  

It is hard.  It hurts at times but the eternal benefits are rich and real. 

Oh, that we would learn to value, appreciate, and even be thankful for the periods of waiting in our lives. May we have joy in the waiting.