While I'm Waiting

I'm waiting
I'm waiting on You, Lord
And I am hopeful
I'm waiting on You, Lord
Though it is painful
But patiently, I will wait

I will move ahead, bold and confident
Takeing every step in obedience
While I'm waiting
I will serve You
While I'm waiting
I will worship
While I'm waiting
I will not faint
I'll be running the race
Even while I wait

I'm waiting
I'm waiting on You, Lord
And I am peaceful
I'm waiting on You, Lord
Though it's not easy
But faithfully, I will wait
Yes, I will wait
I will serve You while I'm waiting
I will worship while I'm waiting
I will serve You while I'm waiting
I will worship while I'm waiting
I will serve you while I'm waiting
I will worship while I'm waiting on You, Lord

--John Waller--

Songs are a big way in which the Lord speaks to me. Now, that might sound totally stupid, but it is the total truth. I am usually challenged, or my thinking is reinforced, or I feel encouraged. This song (which yes, is from the movie, "Fireproof") did all three things to me on this trip.

I was only slightly familiar with the song before I went away. It is definitely a favorite now. I listened to it, like, ten times while driving around with the Gorecki's. The final time, with only a couple of hours left of my vacation, found me crying my eyes out (which in turn got Mrs. Gorecki, Meghan, and Sara teary-eyed =)

It seems like my life is all about waiting at the moment. Waiting for marriage. Waiting for culinary school. Waiting for my family to move and our circumstances to change. Waiting for a better church to call home...you get the idea. Some days are ones in which waiting is no challenge; others it is the hardest thing I have to do.

IN the past year, God has revealed Himself to me in many ways--albeit they are small when sometimes I want them large =) Every time I feel like giving up, the Lord encourages me with the knowledge that He sees my waiting and that a harvest of blessing awaits on the other side. It isn't in my time table....but it is on His agenda. In the meantime, He wants my utter dependence on Him; He doesn't care how wounded and struggling I am....He wants me to just hold onto Him, trusting in who HE is.

These are old lessons to be sure. But let me tell you, my time in Pittsburgh reminded me of all of this afresh. It is never boring when I go there.