Waiting

...waiting is living through those moments when you do not understand what God is doing and you have no power to change your circumstances for the better....waiting will always reveal the true character of your heart.Theoretical faith is always easier than practical, functional faith, and when we are faced with the challenge of waiting it can be disturbing to realize how little of that real-life faith we have.Your heart is always exposed by the way you wait.Waiting is hard precisely because it calls us to live by faith and not by sight.Waiting, therefore, is not a sign that your world is out of control. Rather, it is a sign that your world is under the wise and infinitely attentive control of a God of fathomless wisdom and boundless love. This means you can rest as you wait, not because you like to wait, but because you trust the One who is calling you to wait.The wait itself is a gift...Waiting is about what you will become as you wait.You see, waiting is not an interruption of God's plan. It is his plan.Waiting is not just about what I get at the end of the wait, but about who I become as I wait.

Quotes taken from chapter 9 of Paul Tripp, Broken-Down House: Living Productively in a World Gone Bad.