Mid-Week Musings : Learning to Wait
If I was asked to single out one big issue I struggle with, I would have said "waiting". Even when there were circumstances in my life where I actually see the value and benefits of waiting (like the nice condominium I acquired below market value after waiting for about 18 mths in search of a property), I still struggle massively with the area of patience. To some extent I'm convinced that I'm a man of action, and when I do things, I do it now, and I want to see results now. Now now now. I don't want to wait until kingdom comes. Impatience to me is like caffeine, which makes my heart pulsative. And that is unbiblical - I know it is. In the process I sometimes end up creating a mess of a probably perfect outcome with a horribly imperfect timing due to lack of patience.
I thank God that He is gracious, and He is the one who is patiently working in me, and He works things out for the good of me, because I love Him and I am called according to His purposes.
I've came across some good quotes about patience and waiting :
Lewis Smedes writes :
Waiting is our destiny as creatures who cannot by themselves bring about what they hope for,
We wait in the darkness for a flame we cannot light,We wait in fear for a happy ending we cannot write,
We wait for a not yet that feels like a not ever,Waiting is the hardest work of hope.
M. Scott Peck writes :
Delaying gratification is a process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the pleasure by meeting and experiencing the pain first and getting it over with. It is the only decent way to live.
Daniel Goleman writes :
At the heart of emotional intelligence is the ability to delay gratification and not live at the mercy of impulse.
posted by Mel-Vern @ 9:43 PM
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