Waiting is a very tricky business. It is hard not to get your hopes up. It is hard not to despair. Somewhere in between we strive to hover neither hoping too much or despairing to heavily. Our hearts are weighted down with the enormity of our task and the hours, minutes, and moments seem to last an eternity.
When you are waiting it is always important to look at others who have spent many years waiting. Look at the Jewish people. First they were waiting to be freed from slavery, and Moses came to them, but then they wandered in the desert waiting to find the holy land. Imagine all that waiting and expecting and then wandering in the desert. Some of them died before they ever got out of the desert.
Waiting can be draining, waiting can be tiring, and waiting can trouble your heart.
My daughter waited with anxious anticipation for Easter and she was more than overjoyed when she came down the stairs that morning. Because waiting is worth it. The great joy that we find is worth all the wait!
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