What's the Use in Waiting?

" . . . waiting does not diminish us, any more than waiting diminishes a pregnant mother. We are enlarged in the waiting. We, of course, don't see what is enlarging us. But the longer we wait, the larger we become, and the more joyful our expectancy" Romans 8:24, 25, The MESSAGE.

"One day while I was reading in the gospels, it occurred to me that when important times of transition came for Jesus, He entered enclosures of waiting--the wilderness, a garden, the tomb. Jesus' life was a balanced rhythm of waiting on God and expressing the fruits of that waiting" Sue Monk Kidd, When the Heart Waits.

Are you feeling diminished, enclosed, stuck, in the dark or alone? Are you wondering if anything is actually happening in you or in your circumstances? 

Maybe you're simply in God's waiting room. It's OK. It's even a good and necessary place to be. Jesus has been there and knows just what to do. He's with you now. Something beautiful will be born. You're right on time.

JUDY