Patiently, Hopefully, Expectantly!

This poem by J. Danson Smith was a part of my daily read from Streams in the Desert yesterday.

Waiting! Yes, patiently waiting!
Till next steps made plain shall be;
To hear, with the inner hearing,
The Voice that will call for me.

Waiting! Yes, hopefully waiting!
With hope that need not grow dim;
The Master is pledged to guide me,
And my eyes are unto Him.

Waiting! Expectantly waiting!
Perhaps it may be today
The Master will quickly open
The gate to my future way.

Waiting! Yes, waiting! still waiting!
I know, though I’ve waited long,
That while He withholds His purpose,
His waiting cannot be wrong.

Waiting! Yes, waiting! still waiting!
The Master will not be late;
He knoweth that I am waiting
For Him to unlatch the gate.

It makes me wonder, how am I waiting?

Patiently? Hopefully? Expectantly? Faithfully?

Or Anxiously? Fearfully? Timidly? Angrily?

The truth is that we are all waiting for someone or something. Whether we find ourselves waiting for love or adventure, for life or death, for this world to stop suffering or to herald His triumphant return. We are all waiting.

Patiently! Hopefully! Expectantly! Faithfully! May that be our prayer and posture.

How are you waiting?