When You're Waiting...

    Yesterday I had to go to The Little Haven at 8:00 am to unlock the doors. My husband, Johan, had organized for someone to come and fix the heat pump. Since Johan was working, he asked me to go down and open up. But it had been organized at a least 1-2 weeks before. The night before I was thinking how I was going to get down there with four children by 8:00am. I wondered if they were still planning on coming as we hadn't heard anything since. They were also traveling at least an hour to get there. So I wrote down the contact number to take with me incase they didn't turn up.

    The next morning we all got dressed, had an early breakfast and drove down. I parked around the front and unlocked both the front and back door as I didn't know which door they would come too. I asked two of my children to take their game to the kitchen at the back so they would see if anyone came to the back door. I waited in the car around the front with my two other children. At 8:10 we were still waiting. I didn't mind waiting, but I wanted to know for sure that they were actually coming. So I texted the mobile number I had to ask. I got an answer confirming that they were on their way. So we waited and waited. Finally, around 8:30 they turned up and we could go back home again till they were finished.

    Waiting can be hard. Especially when you're not 100% sure that what you're waiting for is definitely coming. It can be so easy to doubt! For me I had to trust the person's email. And then when they were late and I sent a message, I had to trust their reply message that they were on their way. Even though for a while I could see no sign of them, I had to trust their promise. I also had to be prepared for them to come to both doors.

    It's the same with God. In the waiting times, we need to trust His words. His promises. Maybe we need to ask for confirmation when we're unsure. But we need to take Him at His word even when we can't see any sign of an answer yet. His timing may be different from ours. And He may not answer in the way we are expecting. There is more than one door He can come to!

    If there is something you are waiting for right now, stay close to God's promises and trust His Word.