When we were kids, waiting was the worst, right? I guess it still might be, depending on what we’re waiting for. But when we were kids, waiting five minutes for Mom to get the ice cream out and ready felt like forever. Waiting 30 or 45 minutes after eating to go in the pool felt like a lifetime. Waiting for our friends to arrive might as well have been an eon.

As kids, we didn’t really have a good concept of time. Our expectations were that five minutes equals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Done! What changes as we get older is that our sense of time changes; we know that instead of just counting to five we actually have to count to 60 five separate times. What does not change is the fact that we hold our own expectations of what should happen and when exactly it should happen.

There is definite value in waiting. Listen in to hear my thoughts on what is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent and praiseworthy about that four-letter word: wait.

Show notes:

The Next Right Thing, episode 18: Wait With Great Hope
The Next Right Thing, episode 48: Receive the Waiting Time
Waiting by Kevin Henkes
My Google search on “books on waiting”
Ecclesiastes 3 (NIV)

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