Wait

I reckon most of you are waiting for this entry, rather eagerly hor. My blog title is well-said too. Been wanting to write an entry about this but couldn't place the words right back then. So now I'm ready and the brain is finally working =) Its kinda wordy in here with few pics, so brace up all you nerdy readers!

Three answers you would hear from the One up there, aka God our Father. Only one that we humans always wanna hear, the other two we never fail to strongly object and oppose.

"Yes", "No", "Wait"

Now now, go read on guys... Its not just Christian bullshit here. It relates to all people from all faiths or free-thinkers. Go, read on~

I believe that no matter how patient a person can be, there will always be a tinge of impatience somewhere in your heart. Waiting is sure difficult for me. Ask my buddies and they will scream out loud, a big fat YES. Be it waiting for your late friend to arrive to go shopping or catch a movie together, or even when the man is waiting for the ultimate response when he propose to his girlfriend.

Postponements and deferrals irritate us to the max, you can easily feel the frowns on your forehead already.

When we make important decisions in our lives; finding suitable jobs and weighing its future prospects, when we feel that we are in the pits and desperately need help and advice, or you wonder if its best to continue on the present relationship with your partner when feelings are getting bland etc.

We usually turn to family and friends for practical advice. Only when we seem to be at wits' ends, we turn to God and we expect Him to give us the advice we wanna hear.

An example: I want a job from Company A. I pray and pray for the recruitment letter but all I got from the HR on the other line was, "Sorry, we have found the suitable candidate already. Please try for the other positions advertised instead. Thanks."

I bet most of us would start blaming God for not answering our prayers and all. However, you could have thought of this situation in a different perspective, God might already have prepared a better job elsewhere in Company X. A job that you never expect yourself to apply for or get your future paycheck from. That rejection from Company A was merely a door for you to apply to Company X. In this example, God is stretching your patience and telling you this: "Wait"

Enough said. Next hot issue now. Nowadays, single women in their 20s, tend to panic alot bcos of their present martial status. I'm proud to say I presently belong to that group too. Haha!

Another example: Let's take it from a Christian perspective this time. You and your Christian partner are in a very steady relationship and has plans to marry in the near future.

Everyone knows that we Christians stand firm on only marrying the other party who is of the same faith. So most of us Christians will start searching for a Christian partner, rather anxiously. When we have found that partner, we automatically assume that this is the one God has placed in our lives.

However, I dun always agree with that statement. I have a friend who was together with her Christian then-boyfriend for few years; however things din work out as expected and they still broke up. Years later, I heard she have found her Mr Right after all. He is also a Christian and I see that they are indeed happy and blissful together. They respected and loved God alot too, and eventually they got married. In this example, God says "No" to the first relationship but "Yes" to her second relationship.

You heard of this phrase, "When your man says to you that he has found his rib, you know that you are the one having his extra rib." It sure sounds cliché but I totally agree with that lah! I wouldn't mind hearing that during my wedding proposal too ;p So sweet right, I'm melting already. Hee!

There are many other situations that we come across in life, but I'm just stating the common ones here. Of course when you are in that kinda situation, PRAY and ask God for guidance. Have faith that never gives up. Even without signs or significant indications that God is at work, wait on.

"Every delay is perfectly fine, for we are within the safe hands of God." - Madame Guyon (1648-1717)

We Singaporeans are super gan jiong* (very impatient/hurried/rushed) people. We cannot afford to wait for a long time. Time is Money! Hence all the more we need to learn how to view each delay as if it is "perfectly fine." Postponements are reasons to pray rather than to grow anxious, impatient and annoyed.

They are great opportunities for God to build these imperishable but hard-to-acquire qualities of humility, patience, serenity and strength. God stretches our patience to enlarge our soul. God never says, "Wait," unless He is planning to do something BIG in our situations.

So take heart people, when God says, "Wait, it will surely come!" - Habakkuk 2:1-3

-I hereby give credit to my source of inspiration for today's entry to The Daily Bread, July 29 topic on "God's Delays"-

-Credits also given for the 2 wonderfully interesting stick figure pictures by StickGal-

Darn, I'm late for class already! I took only 1h to do this entry. Not too bad already, considering my fussy writing style. Excuse today's wordy entry, I've tried my best to add nice pics already ;p

God, grant the lecturer lotsa patience when he see me enter class late =X heehee!