A young friend of mine is excitedly planning her wedding. She confesses, “I’m so happy but, at the same time, so impatient. I just want the day to come.”
It’s a fact of life that we must often wait for the good things that our hearts desire. But impatience while we wait is such a waste of time.
So here is a challenge to my young friend and to myself. Let us turn our impatience into anticipation. Let us use today as an opportunity to anticipate every good and perfect gift that God holds for tomorrow.
Let us open our eyes to the wonder of God. He not only gives us good things worth waiting for, He gives us hours and days to prepare and dream.
And long after the good things have come, He gives us memories to ponder.
For my young friend, however, God has even more than memories in store. He has new days to be lived as the wife of her husband. As his partner. His friend. His helper, encourager and advocate. Together, they will dream more dreams. Make plans. Build. They will frustrate and disappoint one another. But together, every moment of impatience can be transformed into a time of anticipation.
Anticipation is hope. Hope for goodness, mercy and positive change. And hope in the God of life never fails.
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But how do you change that impatience to anticipation? Is it just a matter of flipping a switch in your head? How do you overcome your nature (to be impatient)?