waiting

patience...we all know that virtue oh so well...maybe because so many of us lack it. For me...it's an ebbs and flows type of thing, and really it depends on the thing for which i am waiting. I can handle waiting for my food at a restaurant...after working in the service industry, you learn stuff happens unexpectedly in a kitchen that people can do nothing about...so I don't get too upset. I can wait for my coffee, i'm watching the baristas make 6 half-calf skim no foam double shot 1 splenda hazelnut vanilla mochas with whip...i can wait.

Why then, does it become difficult to wait on God...I mean, as the creator of the world...it is obvious, God knows what God is doing...so why am I in such a rush to get stuff done...

It's not that I'm waiting on God...I don't think I am ever TRULY waiting for God to do something...I believe that God is waiting for me to rest in Christ. To TRULY rest in Christ, rest in Jesus' sacrifice, to rest in being called son, to rest and realize that the Spirit is with me and all I need to 'do' is seek Jesus with all that I have and then, and only then will 'things happen'.

When I seek Jesus, things have a funny way of unfolding before my very eyes...the Holy Spirit does what it does and I'm left to sit back and marvel and the genius of it all...and my lack of genius in the first place.

So, here we are, seeking Jesus and praying to see where the Holy Spirit is already present in our lives.