Please Wait!

Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying.Rom 12:12

Gary Ingrid, who has written extensively on friendship, tells the tale of some parents on the East coast who got a telephone call from their son during the Korean War. They were thrilled, because they hadn’t heard from him for many months. He said he was in San Francisco on his way home.

"Mom, I just wanted to let you know that I’m bringing a buddy home with me," he said. "he got hurt pretty bad, and he only has one eye, one arm, and one leg. I’d sure like him to live with us."

Sure, son," his mother replied. "He sounds like a brave man. We can find room for him for a while."

"Mom, you don’t understand. I want him to come live with us."

"Well, OK," she finally said. "We could try for six months or so."

"No, Mom, I want him to stay always. He needs us. He’s only got one eye, one arm, and one leg. He’s in really bad shape."

By now the mother had lost her patience. "Son, you’re being unrealistic about this. You’re emotional because you’ve been in a war. That boy will be a drag on you and a constant problem for all of us. Be reasonable."

The phone clicked dead. The next day, the parents got a telegram: their son had committed suicide. A week later the parents received the body. They looked down with unspeakable sorrow on the corpse of their son - who had one eye, one arm, and one leg.

There are things in our lives that happen that we don't understand; Accept the twist and turns in life gracefully. If we plan for something, but things don't always work out as planned; not only in circumstances, but also the behavior of those around us. Don't bother too much. 

Keep your expectations realistic and most of all wait on the Lord. Perhaps good things may not always come to those who wait, but MOST good things that do come don't come right away.