I’m sitting in the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport right now. I have about three hours before my flight to Memphis and then home to Minneapolis. I’m here so early because I was trying to get on an earlier flight home. I looked online and the possibilities to get a seat were good.
I’m not sure what happened but somewhere between looking online and arriving at the airport, all of the seats were filled with no chance of standby. I am so bummed. I love the idea of getting home earlier than planned. Instead I wait…and wait…and wait.
It’s not like I don’t get to go home. I will still get to go home and see my family, but I had built up some anticipation about the earlier homecoming.
I think it’s like that when God asks us to wait on Him. I don’t know about you but I love to have plans and have them work out they way I want, when I want. Yet my timing is not God’s timing. When the scripture says “Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD (Psalm 27:14), I always know it’s right and good but it sure can be hard to change my anticipated plans.
Every time I have forced the issue, every time I have taken matters into my own hands, I have been disappointed. God’s plans are always better than mine.
It’s not about getting home early; seeing my family earlier seems like nothing but upsides. It’s about trusting God even though I want something different than He has planned. It’s about trusting God even when things aren’t going my way.
It’s hard.
Yet still I wait because (this is the best part) my Abba Father is waiting with me and He is doing something in me while I wait. I believe it!
Take heart, my friends. Though the waiting isn’t fun, His plans are always worth it.
Peder
You turned pain into a beautiful worship moment. Very nice!
Hey Peder,
Thanks again for your testimony and encouragement!
Thank you so much for the blog entry today. It hit me right where I’m at with waiting on our adoption. I’m not sure if you knew, but after getting to know you at Northern Pines, we came home and decided to proceed with adopting. If you want, I just started at blog, at at the urging of a friend (I’m not great but I can see the benefit 😉 and I mentioned you in it
God Bless!
Kim Hoekstra
Keep em coming! How great it is to APPLY Gods word to our life. What an adventure it is
Love this post! It’s definitely speaking to where I am right now. It also reminds me of the sermon at my church last week… here’s a link to it:
http://www.torchchurch.tv/2012/03/04/before-you-get-married-4-listen-up/
I am waiting to see you at Lifest. Are you there this summer?