I have had many conversations that are all about the anticipation of something new and exciting about to take place in someone's life... school in the fall, a trip, marriage, babies, you name it!
If you think about it we are often always waiting for something. It is what gets us through the week, the current stressful season and motivates us to press forward through the icky picky times. I was having a lovely discussion with a dear dear friend, who is so super fruitful it just encourages me so! She was telling me how her and her dad were talking about past hurts and regrets and moving on. Her dad mentioned to her that we will always be waiting on God for something. If not a job it is marriage, if not marriage it is having children and so on. We will always be looking to that next great thing that we hope will define us.
As important as it is to have plans for the future and have things to look forward to, I have been trying to focus on the present because the more time we spend in the future or dreading on the past, the more time we are wasting in the present. There are many people to tend to other than just ourselves and our life plans. There are a lot of people hurting around you from past experiences which takes time to get through and can't be rushed, so take that time to notice these people and give them a moment of your present time.
The rewards pending from investing time into others is immensely rich.
"The father knows waiting is difficult for His children. But God is more interested in our character than our comfort; His commitment is to our sanctification, not necessarily our satisfaction." Charles Stanley
