My scooter has been out of commission now for just over a week. Between school and work my days are busy and my transportation needs are high. With my scooter in the shop, I had to find alternative transportation. I have been forced to take the bus to school. Something I haven't done since I was a sophomore in high school. Now each day I wake up early to walk out to the bus stop and wait.
Do you remember what it is like to wait? Most of us have tried to eliminate waiting in our lives. If you are in control then you don't have to wait. Waiting = powerlessness.
This past week I have had to wait...a lot. Or at least a lot more than what I am used to. There is a certain feeling one can get while waiting. A feeling of nervousness, anticipation, anxiety. These are the feelings I normally get when I have to wait. When I am powerless and not in control.
These are feelings I hate.
It is easy to get caught up in life. After all, it demands everything you've got. As difficult and stressful as this last week has been, I have began to re-learn something that I should have never forgot how to do. Wait. We are brought up in a culture that has forgotten how to wait. At least, I know I have.
Towards the end of the week something phenomenal happened to me. A revelation if you will. As I waited, my nervousness, anticipation and anxiety disappeared and something beautiful appeared in its place. What stood with me instead was Peace.
The Bible is filled with teachings about waiting. Psalms 27:14 states " Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord." Using strength and waiting in the same instance contradicts todays theology. God wants us to wait, for when we wait we discover some really beautiful things. We find strength and now I realize, we find peace.
Dude, If your ever stuck call me I'll get you to cal poly every now and then
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