Waiting
Theme of this past spring/summer: Patience.
I'm a planner. I love to plan, organize, what have you. I like to look at possibilities, examine, dream. Waiting for things to happen can be difficult for me at times; waiting for time to pass can drive me batty at times. It's a not-so-subtle reminder that I am not in control of the world and time...something I think I believe at times.
In a couple of weeks, my husband and I celebrate our one-year wedding anniversary. The following day, Lord willing, we head for a month abroad in Uganda -- a trip we have been planning for the past few months, and a trip whose details (including plane tickets) have not yet been fully established. As we wait for his contracts to come in fully, and as we see what I might be able to do while abroad unfold, I get to practice something I'm learning to love: waiting.
Loving waiting? I thought I'd never get to that point. And, granted, I don't love waiting yet, but I am getting to appreciate it. There is something liberating about knowing that we've done everything we can and merely need to wait and see what happens. Learning to trust, and seeing trust proven to be well-earned by a very detail-oriented and passion-filled God can be fun. And, being the self-reflective person that I am, seeing myself grow in areas of patience and trust is a fun thing. To actually enjoy waiting on God and for time to pass is something I never thought I'd appreciate.
So we wait for the next work day in Uganda to begin to see if we have an okay to purchase our plane tickets. In the meantime, what can we do? We could worry, but I'm learning that's a waste of my time. Sure, we still might wake up in the middle of the night to check our email and see if there's something we need to respond to (Uganda is about 7 hours ahead of us, so by the time we wake up in the morning, their work day is nearly over). But all actions are not based off of worrying...I think.
Let's see how it unfolds!
Theme of this past spring/summer: Patience.
I'm a planner. I love to plan, organize, what have you. I like to look at possibilities, examine, dream. Waiting for things to happen can be difficult for me at times; waiting for time to pass can drive me batty at times. It's a not-so-subtle reminder that I am not in control of the world and time...something I think I believe at times.
In a couple of weeks, my husband and I celebrate our one-year wedding anniversary. The following day, Lord willing, we head for a month abroad in Uganda -- a trip we have been planning for the past few months, and a trip whose details (including plane tickets) have not yet been fully established. As we wait for his contracts to come in fully, and as we see what I might be able to do while abroad unfold, I get to practice something I'm learning to love: waiting.
Loving waiting? I thought I'd never get to that point. And, granted, I don't love waiting yet, but I am getting to appreciate it. There is something liberating about knowing that we've done everything we can and merely need to wait and see what happens. Learning to trust, and seeing trust proven to be well-earned by a very detail-oriented and passion-filled God can be fun. And, being the self-reflective person that I am, seeing myself grow in areas of patience and trust is a fun thing. To actually enjoy waiting on God and for time to pass is something I never thought I'd appreciate.
So we wait for the next work day in Uganda to begin to see if we have an okay to purchase our plane tickets. In the meantime, what can we do? We could worry, but I'm learning that's a waste of my time. Sure, we still might wake up in the middle of the night to check our email and see if there's something we need to respond to (Uganda is about 7 hours ahead of us, so by the time we wake up in the morning, their work day is nearly over). But all actions are not based off of worrying...I think.
Let's see how it unfolds!
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