Unfortunately the title of this blog is also shared by a terrible country song.  But it is an annoying truth.  Waiting is hard.  We live in a microwave culture, we want it now and there are to be no exceptions.  We apply this to everything even God.  Yet here is the thing God is not a bag of popcorn.  We can’t just pray and expect that in 5 minutes God will be ready to do whatever we want.  He (God) is the omniscient master of the universe, thus meaning He knows better than us and knows when it is the right time.

Case in point I’ve been praying for finances a lot lately.  Usually not anything greedy just to be able to actually pay the bills in a relaxed manner. This is easily a shared statement with any post-college student.  Our bills are much bigger than our paychecks, I am told this balances out eventually, but I’m not there yet.  A few months ago I thought that these prayers were answered some by a nice sized tax return.  But ever since I was told of this return I’ve been praying for it to show up.  Two months of having to trust God in this.  Thats not that long in the grand scheme of things but it is still a while.  Yet it did finally come (or will come I should say, only got the date today).  And it has come not necessarily in the time of financial need (though its there to), but as an answer to another question on timing.

God’s ways are not my ways, and I take great comfort from that.  Maybe I’ll be able to praise Him more the next time I have to wait, knowing that everything is in His hands.