Just. You. Wait.: Patience, Contentment, and Hope for the Everyday

Everybody waits. We wait for a spouse, wait for a baby, wait on our children, wait for our parents. We wait for clarity and direction. We wait on a job, a promotion, a new direction. We wait for hope, for healing, and for miracles. We wait on God. And when we misunderstand what waiting is about, we can get confused about what God is up to. Waiting is one of Gods favorite tools. He can do certain things in our hearts, our lives, and our relationships while we waitthings we cannot experience once weve opened the gift we have been waiting for. So just you wait, because everyone takes their turn in the waiting room. Its a long and painful fact of life, but shortcuts and microwaves arent the answer. God is at work behind the scenes in invisible ways you cant see . . . yet. Just you wait and see how ready youll be if you spend your waiting well. Because when your opportunity comes, you dont want to spend more time on the bench. When you wait well, you can say, Look out, world: I am getting ready to shine. Just you wait. In these pages, Tricia discusses the joy hidden in the discipline of waiting, and the practices of believing God is for you and working on your behalf, even when the work of His hand is hard to find.