Waiting........

Two friends of mine had an album entitled "Waiting"; anyone who has lived overseas knows what it means to have to wait. Remember the old saying "you can take the American out of America, but you can't take America out of the American"? (Or such related sayings...) Well, the American in me is screaming about not having received a package which was mailed from the U.s. over two weeks ago!!! I'm sure it left U.S. borders within two days of being mailed, and for some reason, it is slowly finding its way, by ground most likely even though it was designated "air mail", to its destination. I'm waiting. I was patient. I'm losing my patience, even though I know that losing my patience does NO harm to anyone except myself. I know my package is sitting in some room in the local post office, waiting to be delivered; however the "amount paid" in postage written on the package means nothing to the local post office; they will deliver it in their own sweet time. Waiting. Waiting.

I'm so impatient. I'm such a product of a society that says, "If I don't get it in the 'stated time', then I'm going to throw a fit, demand my rights, etc., etc.

Aren't we often like this in our relationships with God as well, sometimes? I want things to proceed in a timely manner in my relationship with Him; I want the 'programs' I've organized to go off without a hitch....note the operative pronoun in the above statements: "I". When life becomes "all about me", disappointment is the logical consequence; when God becomes the center, a deep and abiding peace resides, knowing AND experiencing that His timing is absolutely perfect...because He is perfect, and all He does is perfect.

So, in conclusion, I guess I need to show the Hungarian post a bit of grace...however, I sure hope my package shows up sometime in the next 8 weeks!!!