The hardest kind of discipline

Waiting is really hard when there is no set deadline for waiting.

You are not even sure why you are still waiting... or if you should continue waiting. Or if you've missed the signs that command you to stop waiting.

One waits, anticipating (a little nervously) the resolution of the tension. One waits, expecting a conclusion. Or a closure. And still, nothing budges. So what do we do now?

If there was a deadline, I'd be able to persevere in waiting with a little more joy, me thinks.

Hmmm. Perhaps, only one thing supersedes a deadline. Trust.... and to trust in a good God. One in whom there is no evil or sin, malice or wickedness. One who created us and knows us personally. One who loves us and lavished His grace in Christ upon us even when we knew not repentance or a reason to repent. One who makes all things beautiful in His time.

Help me, God, to trust You - even when all else fails and disappoints.

I could give up waiting - but I can't afford to give up waiting.