Waiting is a Gift

I'm still reading the book Cultivate by Lara Casey. I love every bit of it, and it is totally applicable to my life right now. The past week I've been reading Chapter 6: Grow in the Wait, and I've really been thinking about this concept.

Of waiting. What it builds in your to wait. The opposite of instant, immediate gratification.

The book writes about it so eloquently, "...times of waiting can feel like a punishment, can't they? We humans are creatures of habit. We thrive on familiarity and certainty. We like predictability and known outcomes.... So the uncertain feels uncomfortable. "

Wow. Uncertain feels uncomfortable. Yes. Yes, it does.

And it goes on to say..."Can you imagine if you got pregnant and the next day you gave birth?...You wouldn't be ready....You would have missed the time of preparation that happens over nine-ish months. In the same way, waiting times can also be times of ripening and preparation in our own lives."

What if waiting was a gift? The in-between was really the best part?

My generation is not a patient one. Jeremy and I have discussed this so many times, especially lately. It seems like so many individuals our age want what older generations have worked years and years for- but they want it NOW. Or yesterday actually. The huge house. The vehicles. The toys. This American dream and whatever that entails in their minds. What took previous generations their entire lives, and saving, careful PLANNING, investing into their accounts for YEARS and YEARS. This generation wants it now. In our thirties. Wants it ALL, at ANY COST. Regardless of the cost. Regardless of who they step on to achieve it. All for the sake of appearances. It doesn't add up. And it's ugly.

My prayer is for the Lord to soften my heart towards the hard, waiting periods in our life. We are walking through a waiting period right now in our personal life and I want to be reminded that everything Good works thru Him, and in His time!