Is Life's Greastest Gift Found In The Waiting?

​Waiting for some of the things I am waiting on in life is hard. It is hard because I assume the things I am waiting on will be good. This is a grand assumption, of course, since most of what I am waiting on I have never had.

How can I call good things that have never really proven to be good?

Yet, Still.... I wait without wanting to wait.

I confess that in this waiting, since I have unwavering belief that God has an active role in the timing of my life, not the least of which is in the timing of when the things I am waiting on will arrive, I find myself asking - when?

When, God?

How much longer will I have to wait?

These questions, well they are also built on some grand assumptions.

The assumption that God also believes this thing I am waiting on will be good for me. I makes guesses about good; God knows good.

Also the assumption that God doesn't see something incredibly valuable happening to the character of me while I wait for this thing I am waiting on to become a part of me.

Will we discover in heaven that the gift of waiting was far grander than any gift we ever waited for? Afterall, for many of us the gift of life is all about waiting for the gift of heaven.

Do we miss great pleasure waiting for what we are waiting for when we don't see and feel the goodness in the waiting?

Waiting for some of the things I am waiting on in life is hard. But maybe that is because I have yet to fully discover the good that can be found in the waiting.