A few months ago a friend and I were talking about waiting and what it looks like to wait. She reminded me of the scene in Facing the Giants where the football coach is talking to a gentleman who prays daily for the Christian school.
He talks of two farmers who were praying for rain. One farmer prayed and then when out and prepared his fields. The other farmer prayed and waited. The question is: which one believed God?
Here are some quotes on waiting I read recently:
Waiting isn't just a matter of time passing. It's a conscious effort of preparing yourself for what lies ahead. What are you waiting on? How are you preparing? - a friend's facebook wall
"To wait open-endedly is an enormously radical attitude toward life. So is to trust that something will happen to us that is far beyond our imaginings. So, too, is giving up control over our future and letting God define our life, trusting that God molds us according to God's love and not according to our fear. The spiritual life is a life in which we wait, actively present to the moment, trusting that new things will happen to us, new things that are far beyond our own imagination, fantasy, or prediction. That, indeed, is a very radical stance toward life in a world preoccupied with control." - Henri J. M. Nouwen
2 comments:
It is so true that waiting is an active and a passive activity. If you think about Christ and times when He went away and waited, typically it was a time of prayer and preparation for things to come in His ministry. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for commenting, Drew! I hope that we can be good preparers!
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