not ready

Opening Prayer: O Lord, as time goes by, and as we continue to wait for you to show up in the midst of our lives and our world, help us to not lose heart and start to forge ahead.  That would be a grave mistake, for waiting causes us to depend on you.  Waiting accomplishes things within and among us that doing simply cannot.  So help us to wait for you, O Lord, no matter how long it may take.  Amen.

Scripture: Psalm 130:5-6

Journal: Where does God have you waiting on him these days?  How are you doing in the midst of it?  What are you tempted to do?  What is waiting accomplishing in you?  How is it helping you to become?

Reflection:

still waiting

psalm 130:5

if nothing else

waiting tells us

that we are still 

not ready

for what is to come

not ready 

for an answer

we cannot yet fully live

not ready 

for an existence

we cannot yet maintain

not ready 
for a life

we cannot yet sustain

there is a ripening

that still must take place

the fruit is not yet ready

to be plucked from the vine

it needs more time 

to become

so we wait

the process of becoming

cannot be hastened

nor can it be shortened

time must run its course

so for now we wait

and still we wait

Prayer

Closing Prayer:  O Lord, help me to wait for you.  Help me to trust that whatever you are up to in the midst of this waiting is well worth it.  Amen.