One more day and the spring countdown will be complete! This Thursday, March 20, 2014 at 12:57 pm EDT, spring will officially begin! We have longed for this day. From mid-November through last weekend, snow, ice and brutal cold temepratures have made it a very long winter. Of course, snow is forecast for next week, but official spring arrival makes it more bearable. My spring countdown on January 1st of this year began with seventy-eight days. It seemed so far away. Day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute, we waited with hope, anticipation and patience...most of the time. Yet each moment mattered, leading us closer to the long-awaited season.
I began thinking. Life brings various seasons. There are seasons of hope and seasons of discouragement. There are seasons of joy and seasons of sadness. There are seasons of accomplishment and seasons of wondering if we accomplish anything. There are seasons of assurance and seasons of uncertainty. Each season, however, finds us waiting. Although each moment matters, waiting usually challenges us.
Waiting has influenced my life. I waited for a broken leg and later a broken foot to heal. I waited to graduate from high school and from college. I waited for a husband and children. We waited for job opportunities. We waited for answers. We waited to heal from life tragedies. We waited for our children to learn and grow. Now in our eighth year of a child in college, we have one more year to wait. Waiting isn't easy but it often leads to adjustments, achievements and acquirements on this journey.
I often wonder what God has in store for a middle-aged, multiple college degrees, stay-at-home wife/mom who doesn't know what lies ahead. Some goals have been reached. Others have been delayed. Some dreams came true. Others tragically ended. I once thought I knew exactly what I would do, when I would do it, how I would do it and why I was doing it that way. Then life happened, plans changed and my driven nature was blindsided with more waiting and uncertainty than ever anticipated.
Yet waiting has taught me that living life for Someone other than myself...changes everything. Accomplishments are exciting...but leaning on Him is adventurous and amazing. He knows my yesterdays, today and even my tomorrows. May I continue to search...and seek Him...learning to wait and trust more each moment.♥~thl
"I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I put my hope." Psalm 130: 5
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