Waiting

Waiting. The ultimate test of patience. The action that this society fails to achieve everyday. One of the hardest things to do, ever. Patiently, and not so patiently at sometimes, waiting has been a part of my life for about 4 years now. Adoption. What a great thing, a great blessing to all. Until you're waiting 4 years for something that seems so simple. Just an addition to your family. We're not asking for a miracle, just some new babies. It's so easy to see this as a burden. Easy to fall into the pool of self-pity, and drown. But is that what we're supposed to focus on? Are we supposed to focus on how long we've been waiting or how hard it is? Sure, we can recognize it. See that it's hard and we feel hopeless. But I think where we go wrong is focusing on that. Instead of focusing on the blessing behind it all, we focus on how hard it is. As cliche as that sounds, it's true. Maybe if we spend our time trying to find the blessing in the trial instead of how to make ourselves "happier," we might find something better. Sometimes it's not about being happy. It's about still knowing who you are in the Lord when things get rough. Not turning to another vice to get through a trial. No matter what it is. From turning to self-destructive behavior to something as small as escaping to the internet, when things get hard, it all takes away from what God is doing in the midst of a trial. None of these things can give us hope or a future. Nor patience for waiting on something the Lord is right in the middle of. So let's take our eyes off the struggle and put it on our Glorious Savior. The only One who can give us true patience and peace in our trials.

xKassiex