WAITING PERIOD

JUST THINKING:

When my cousin was going back to school in 1998, I had to see him off to the bus park. On our way,  I asked myself when will I gain admission into the University. I gained admission two years later. Since then,  I have asked myself several questions like when will I get married,  when will I buy or wear a new suit, when will I get a job,  a car, a child and so on. Guess what,  I have seen most of them come to past before my very eyes. 

But the most interesting part of it is the waiting period between when I wished,  longed and desired those things and when I actually got them. A waiting period is a very delicate and sensitive time in one's life. It could be the longest, annoying,  frustrating or productive,unfruitful, fruitful and interesting time in one's life. 

Psalm 130:5-6 says that  "I wait eagerly for the Lord's help, and in his word I trust.  I wait for the Lord more eagerly than sentries wait for the dawn— than sentries wait for the dawn". GNT

Someone once said she respects people who are in their waiting period because you can't tell what they will become in life. The waiting period of your life could be the best time of your life. Do not waste your pain,  struggle, loneliness,  waiting period and so on. Instead trust them because they could be an opportunity and a time for you to build capacity,  build your relationship with God,  add value to yourself,  lay the foundation for your future and so on. 

Many people fail at this time of their lives. They become antagonistic,  reserved, hating themselves and others, indulging in sin,  habits,  and things that will drain them in that period. Let me say that a waiting period is not a death sentence but a good time for you to die to self,  sin and things. Your waiting time should be valued because it is the period when you are being processed.