Enough Waiting!

 

Enough Waiting!

Are you still waiting?  Waiting to see your children.  Waiting to go back to work.  Waiting to eat at a restaurant.  Waiting to cheer at a sporting event.  Waiting to watch a live concert.  Waiting for the grandkids to go back to school (Who made up this new math anyway?)  Waiting to go to church.  Waiting to not have to wear this darn mask!   Waiting for test results.  Waiting for the snow to melt.  Waiting for pigs to fly…Haha, just checking to see if you were paying attention.

Is all this waiting good for us?  There has to be a lesson in all this waiting.  Have we learned to be more patient?  Have we learned to enjoy the small things like rides in the country and phone calls to loved ones?  Have we learned to slow down and not multitask?  According to Dr. Sanjay Gupta in his book, “Keep Sharp, Build a Better Brain at Any Age”, multitasking is not a good thing. 

Enough waiting!  While we wait the coffee gets cold, the bread get stale.  While we wait the clothes don’t fit but the sale is over.  While we wait the kids move away or our health deteriorates.  Lamentations 3:22 – 23 says that every morning we have new blessings, new opportunities. 

Are we making the most of our opportunities at home?  Has anyone picked up a scarf they began years ago and finished knitting it?  Have you sat down and wrote out cards to your family and friends, telling them how much you miss them?  Has anyone built a wall or refinished a piece of furniture?  Have you gone through your closet and donated all those shoes you will never wear again?  Have you learned to make sourdough bread?

Soon all this will be a memory (I hope and pray) and we will be done waiting.  Let’s not wait until it’s too late.  We could lose the best moments, the special experiences, times that we will never have again if we wait too long. The moment is now…Today is the day!