The Worst Four-Letter Word That Exists.
Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 03:20PM 
I have heard a lot of "four-letter words" in my time, but the other day I realized the worst one ever. WAIT. Yes, that’s the worst four-letter word I can come up with. I HATE the word WAIT. Now granted, I am a pretty patient person, but I hate the whole concept of waiting. It stinks. Random fact about Meredith: I love countdowns. I have and always will countdown the days till Christmas, my birthday and any big events in my life. I have a countdown app on my phone, iPad and my computer. I told you I was a nerd! Anyway, my current countdown you ask? 
Told you! This is my countdown on my iPad!Disney World! In four short, but oh so long, days I will be boarding a plane for Orlando with my mom, best friend and my best friend’s mom. We will leave this world behind to spend the week in the world of a mouse…I can’t wait!!!! I have found my mind wandering all throughout the day to Disney. Thinking about the rides, the shows, the food :) AND the WARM weather. I might be mildly obsessed. Just keepin’ it real!
However, the wait it about to kill me, I’m not sure I can take it much longer! I feel like a small child on Christmas Eve anxiously waiting to see what Santa has brought them. Or a high school senior who can’t wait to walk across the stage and receive the diploma they have worked so hard for over the last 13 years. Or a groom who nervously waits at the alter for the church doors to open and his beautiful bride to walk down the aisle. I can’t wait. I know there are incredibly fun things just over the horizon and it’s about to kill me because it’s not time yet. However, with each second that passes I get closer and closer even if it feels longer and longer.
Have you ever felt that way? Maybe you were that small child or that high school senior. You may have been that groom waiting or the bride coming. I do not know, but there’s one thing I do know. We have all had moments in our lives where God just says, “wait.” If you’re anything like me, it drives the snot out of you! (Interpretation for those who do not speak Meredith-ese: it drives you crazy.) Many times I feel like I am ready. Ready to do the big, incredible things that God has for me. Ready to take the next step, ready to start the new adventure. I’m ready, but God says, “Wait my child, just wait.” “What?!? Really?!? Why?!? God do you not know that I am ready?!?”
Waiting…it stinks. However, it is in the waiting that God prepares His child for the incredible things to come. Isaiah 40:31 tells us, “but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.” We might not be able to see what is going on or what God is doing, but holdfast, God is always up to something. God is always up to something and He is always on time. Whatever He is up to is worth the wait. I promise. When we rush through life we miss the little things. We focus on the big things ahead and the joy those things will bring, but we miss the little things He has for us in the mean time. I’m so focused on Disney World that I am missing the little joys (Like maple and sea salt popcorn!) of this day and the next few days.
I promise God has something INCREDIBLE for you!Refuse to be miserable in the wait. Refuse to get so distracted with the big things to come that you miss the little things God has for you now. Don’t loose that joy, hope, passion and love that you want so bad to show and use. He’s got a plan and He’s preparing you for it. It’s coming, I promise. In the mean time obey Pslam 37:7a, “Rest in the Lord and wait patiently on Him…”
A few years ago I was ranting to my best friend how I was sick of waiting. The next day she emailed a song she wrote from my rants about waiting. Check out these few lines of it…May it speak to you as much as it has spoken to me over the past few years.
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