Every day when I left our house or came back, this little leaf was waiting for us. He just stood there on our back porch stuck between 2 boards. All he was doing was WAITING!!!
We always seem to be waiting for something. It may be Christmas, Thanksgiving, pay day, a new baby, a wedding, at a stop light waiting for the light to turn green, waiting for your name to be called in the clinic waiting room, family to come to your house, etc... But as bigger question, is what do you do while you are waiting? Read, Play on the cell phone, strike up a conversation with some else who is waiting, pray, sleep, look out the window, find something to do???
When the Apostle Paul wrote to the church of the Thessalonians, they were "waiting" for Jesus to come back. The problem was while they were waiting, the did nothing, just waited. They quit their jobs and sat around "waiting" for Jesus to come. They figured that if Jesus was coming back at any moment, why should we work. Paul reprimanded them and told they need to be busy while they wait.
This poor little leaf just waited and couldn't do anything - it was stuck. Some times there is absolutely nothing we can do while we wait, except wait! That is probably the hardest thing to do while waiting. We want to do something, but our hands are tied and can only wait and trust!
Paul suggested 3 things they and us could do while waiting:
#1: Give Thanks, especially for others in our life.
Thus "Thanksgiving!!!!
#2: Pray for others and their needs. Get our mind off our self and on the needs of others.
#3: Remember what God has done in your life and how other lives have touched yours. (1 Thessalonians 1: 2-3)
What are you doing while you wait???
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