My husband and I have been waiting for a foster to adopt placement the last several weeks and now that we have most everything bought and settled, I find myself wasting time waiting for the child to come. I’m simply bored.
I can’t seem to figure out what to do in my season of waiting other than the “same old” things I’ve been doing and distracting myself on my devices. I’ve even resisted invitations to do things because I’m making space for the child to come. By doing so, I’ve become a bit stagnant.
Week after week and weekend after weekend, I waste time, I’ve noticed. It’s like I’m waiting for my new life to begin and it’s in a holding pattern until it happens. When I become conscious of it, I try to do something more productive with my time like writing one of these blogs.
But you know what’s interesting? Nothing’s manifested yet… even with all the space I’ve made for it! Which begs the question… should I be wasting time? Would Jesus be wasting time waiting? Not sure, but probably not.
Sometimes I wonder what Zachariah and Elizabeth did all those years that they were unable to conceive until John the Baptist arrived. What did they do with all their downtime? The Bible doesn’t tell us. Is that part of their life insignificant? Was it wasted time? When in all likelihood, the time probably prepared their hearts and souls for their greatest gift.
Are you falling into the same pattern? Wasting time while waiting?
It’s a temptation for sure. But going forward, I’m going to be more conscious of being busy doing the things of God and preparing my heart and soul while waiting for my next stage of life. Wasting time is wasting my life and all the ways I could be fruitful in the here and now.
Maybe this is a wake up call for you to do the same!
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