waiting

Psalm 119:83 I am shriveled like a wineskin in the smoke, exhausted by waiting.
   But I cling to Your principles & obey them.

vs 147 I rise early, before the sun is up;
   I cry out for help & put my hope in your words.


I'm in a funny place in my life.

(I heard what you just thought! ;-)

An awful lot of my friends from high school & college, & life, are either retired, retiring, or fixin' to retire.

Their lives seems so well ordered, sequential, & set.

And I'm sitting in N GA for the past 9+ months, waiting for God to open up the doors to whatever He has in mind for us in our "next".

The thought of retiring makes me laugh - not gonna happen anytime soon.

My life has moved into mowing the lawn (an acre & a half!), weed eating, doing things that are at hand, talking to the folks at the RV park across the road, and waiting.

I don't do waiting well.

I know, I know - and it's my last name!


Here's what dictionary.com says about waiting - now there's a lot to read - be patient...


WAIT
1. to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till,  or until ): to wait for the bus to arrive.
2. (of things) to be available or in readiness: A letter is waiting for you.
3. to remain neglected for a time: a matter that can wait.
4. to postpone or delay something or to be postponed or delayed: We waited a week and then bought the house. Your vacation will have to wait until next month.
5. to look forward to eagerly: I'm just waiting for the day somebody knocks him down.
6. to continue as one is in expectation of; await: to wait one's turn at a telephone booth.
7. to postpone or delay in expectation: Don't wait supper for me.
8. Archaic . (of things) to be in readiness for; be reserved for; await: Glory waits thee.
9. Archaic . to attend upon or escort, especially as a sign of respect.
10. an act or instance of waiting or awaiting; delay; halt: a wait at the border.
11. a period or interval of waiting: There will be a long wait between trains.
12.Theater - a. the time between two acts, scenes, or the like.
   b. stage wait.
13.British - a. waits, (formerly) a band of musicians employed by a city or town to play music in parades, for official functions, etc.
   b. a street musician, especially a singer.
   c. one of a band of carolers.
   d. a piece sung by carolers, especially a Christmas carol.
14. Obsolete . a watchman.
15. wait on,
   a. to perform the duties of an attendant or servant for.
   b. to supply the wants of a person, as serving a meal or serving a customer in a store.
   c. to call upon or visit (a person, especially a superior): to wait on Her Majesty at the palace.
   d. Falconry . (of a hawk) to soar over ground until prey appears.
   e. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. to wait for (a person); await.
   f. Also, wait upon. to await (an event).
16. wait up,
   a. to postpone going to bed to await someone's arrival.
   b. Informal . to halt and wait for another to join one, as in running or walking: Wait up, I can't walk so fast.

Synonyms
1.  await, linger, abide, delay, tarry; 
   imply pausing to linger and thereby putting off further activity until later;
   usually implies staying for a limited time and for a definite purpose, that is, for something expected: to wait for a train.
   Tarry  is a somewhat archaic word for wait,  but it suggests lingering, perhaps aimlessly delaying, or pausing (briefly) in a journey: to tarry on the way home; to tarry overnight at an inn.


These all made me laugh. It's where I am right now.

I don't like waiting.

But ever time I've had to wait, the thing(s) I've waited for have been for better than I could have ever imagined.


Someone remind me of that, will ya?

...daily?