The Business of Waiting

You know, it seems that we human beings sure wait an awful lot.
We wait in line. Wait in traffic. We wait for our turn. 
We wait for a phone call. We wait to hear back from the doctor. 
From the plumber. From our teenager. 
We're waiting. Always waiting for something. 

Waiting is hard business. And, most recently, we're waiting
to sell our house. Waiting for God to bring us the right buyer 
for our home. We've been waiting for nearly a year without 
much success. And, at times, I find it discouraging, heartbreaking, 
and sometimes, just down right annoying. 

I imagine that waiting while trying to sell our home is similar to a couple
who are trying to conceive a child. They want to have a child, they are
trying to have a child. Everyone around them are getting pregnant, 
having children. More then one, even. Yet, the childless couple still wait.
And............................. wait. 

That is how I feel. We want to move. We are trying to move. 
But, "trying" to move really means to wait. Because, after we contact an agent, 
throw up a sign in our yard, and post pictures online, what more can we do?
Not a whole lot. So, we wait. Everyone around us are moving. They're even 
moving more then once. Yet, here we are. Waiting.............

In Jeremiah 29:11, the Lord tells us: 
                                         "For I know the plans I have for you,"
                                         declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you
                                         and not to harm you, plans to give you 
                                         hope and a future." 

Sometimes, I wish the Lord would put those plans into action now, 
especially if they involve selling our house. But, He tends to do things
in His time. In the meantime, we can only continue to pray, 
and............wait.