Recently a new door has appeared – an unexpected opportunity now lay on the horizon. Unfortunately, at this moment, all we can do is wait – just staring at the door, trying to will it open with our desires…
I have never been good at waiting. I am an action-oriented person, none of this “sitting around and waiting for life to tap me on the shoulder,” I’m already down the road…
Last night as we were walking the dog, my daughter asked me, “Mommy, when will this happen?”
I smiled and heard myself offer a very reasonable answer, “Sweets, only God knows that – we can only see in part. All will be revealed in the right time. Not to worry, everything is being taken care of.” And like kids do – she bought it and shifted to a new topic. Ummm, I think I’m supposed to learn something here…
When I am waiting, I try to distract myself with the knowledge that everything is happening in its right time. I repeat over and over in my mind, “I can only see in part…” The last time I used this mantra so fiercely was years ago when my son was suffering from multiple daily seizures and we couldn’t find any answers. Interestingly, the healing happened months before the answers were revealed…So it’s good to notice, this time we wait on our heart’s desires, instead of our worst fears…
I have come to believe in active waiting. I like the old Arab saying, “Trust in God and tie up your horses,” because it implies a partnership with God and your future. Sometimes you act and sometimes you wait – knowing the difference is the rub.
So today, we wait on the will of heaven, and pray for this or something better yet to be revealed. So be it.
Tags: action, answers, challenges, faith, god, healing, partnership, waiting
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August 22nd, 2008 at 1:36 am
Amazing the insights kids can bring us simply by being themselves… or even more appropriately, by simply ‘being.’
My son is only 1 1/2 years old, not speaking English (at least not that we understand), yet every day I feel like I continue to learn from him.
I don’t know who said it, or even if I’m quoting it correctly, but I heard something that goes along these lines:
We don’t bring children into the world to teach them, they come into the world to teach us.
Brilliant yet elegant.