Waiting...Just Waiting

May 5, 2024
 
Reflections from the Heart of Allan Redenius
I’m tired of waiting.
 
All too often, life is about waiting.  I’ve got better things to do than wait at a red light out in the middle of nowhere, when clearly there are no cars coming.  But I wait, because that’s my conditioned response to a red light.
 
Get to the airport early—and wait.  If you’re late you just might hear these words I once heard announced by the terminal airline attendant.  “Joseph Smith, if you’re in the lobby, look through the big window to my right. That’s your airplane speeding down the runway.” 😊  I guess, for Joseph Smith, a little waiting may have been better than no wait at all, either you wait, or you’re late.
 
We live our life and, without realizing it, we wait for the end, death.  Then it comes for us, and our natural desire is to put that moment off, so we can wait some more.  My Dad said it best as he was living out his last days.  “Everybody wants to live one more day.”
 
I write these reflections and sometimes I wait, wait some more, and finally, God inspires me to record, in a few minutes, what took hours of waiting.  “God, could you hurry up—just a little?”  Whew!  Got this one done.  Have you ever noticed, we have a just in time God?  God is always just in time.  God is always right on time.  All of us need patience.  Isaiah 40:31 (KJV) tells us of the benefits of waiting upon the Lord.  “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
 
Waiting is part of life.  So, what do we do during those wait times?  Instead of nothing, let’s “wait upon the Lord” in prayer and meditation.  Time goes by fast when you’re “mounting up on eagles wings.” Here’s a bonus for you.  The view is so much better too.
 
Waiting upon the Lord with no complaints,
Pastor Allan
 
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