Waiting can be so painful. Crushing. The weight of hopes not yet met can be leaden. It can feel as if you have no autonomy over your life and nothing will ever change. It can feel as if without what you are waiting for, life halts and ceases to progress. Waiting or rather the…
At the start of every year, I choose a word or phrase that becomes my theme for the year, along with a bible text. This year it is THRIVE and the verse is Leviticus 20:24 – “But I have said to you, ‘You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to…
Time mocks me like the impish will-o’-the-wisp: “Places to be, things to see.” Tempting, taunting, twirling me into the gloaming. Hurry enchants like the salacious siren’s song: “So much to do, so little done.” Lilting, laughing, luring me into the foaming. Waiting dwells in a secret sunny glen. “Come apart; rest a while.” Still, silent,…
As a child, hearing that dreaded word—‘wait’—was like receiving childhood torture. You had no control over it. It usually carried connotations of wasting time, being bored out of my mind, missing out on something I wanted, or missing out on doing anything! However, this inevitable word is a part of life, and I know I’m…
Limbo, purgatory. A lot of people have this attitude towards singleness. It’s the waiting room for something greater. And we simply need to get ready for what’s through the other door. I struggle with the attitude that we need to work on ourselves in order to be “ready enough” for a relationship. I don’t think…