But those who wait for the Lord – those that expect, look for, and hope in– shall change and renew their strength…they shall run and not be weary…Isaiah 40:31

Is that ever a good verse or what???

Except when feeling the need to apply it to your own life….

Waiting….stinks.

Yes, I think being productive while in the “waiting room of life” is incredibly wise and intentional but when there is seemingly nothing to do it becomes an incredibly stagnant way to pass the the time frankly.

Sometimes…there just isn’t anything to do in the waiting.

Or, worse maybe…there just isn’t anything you feel like doing or have the energy to do or have the attention span to do while waiting.

My lack of focus seems to be a recurrent issue…I have so much to focus on that I can’t seem to find my “spot” to see while I twirl in an effort to not get dizzy (a throw back analogy to my OLD dancing days). My eyes are constantly searching and searching…My mind just wanders and wanders…My body is restless from the effort to be still.

The funny thing is, for me lately anyway, that when I feel like I have made progress and have been called out of the waiting room I find I have simply been moved to another level of a sitting in a room in an office.

Know what I mean?

The questions haven’t really changed, the answers still haven’t been given, there hasn’t been too much change in the situation…marked improvement-yes, for sure- things are definately not worse thank God! But the plateau of healing and progress is loooooong and flat.

“Waiting on God does not mean that we do nothing, while expecting God to do everything for us. To me it means that I wait, expecting God to give me direction if there is something He wants me to do, while also trusting Him to do what only He can do…” (Closer to God Each Day).

Sometimes all there is to do is what you know to do in order to keep moving forward through the waiting…

It looks like doing alone time with God, maybe even extending the “normal time” by an additional 15 minutes each day (we all know we have the time…)

Sometimes it’s choosing to go to a Small Group or a luncheon when going home early or staying home instead seems a more appealing option…

Sometimes it’s inviting people over when you would rather be alone…

Time with God is always time well spent. Time spent serving God will always nourish a spirit.

So, to get through the waiting and not be tired or weary requires expectant hope in the faithful character of God.

I need to rememeber what He has done in the past for me, for others, in the Bible…lean on what I know and not what I feel.

With God’s help, I can do this.