WAITING...

I don't like to wait. I have never met a person that actually "likes" to wait. Why is waiting so hard? Why do we not get better with waiting the more we do it? I've really have had a big cases of the "misses" this past weekend for the girls. At least 90% of my thoughts have had them in it. I can't "wait" until the April mission trip leaves so the girls can get their "goody" package. I can't "wait" until they return so I can see all the pictures they took. I can't "wait" to see them for the first time in July. I can't "wait" until they are home with us. So what do I do until then? I wait. I can wait patiently on the Lord or I can send myself into a frightening downward hopeless spiral that consumes me.
I was reading Psalm 75 yesterday & verses 2-3 says "God says, "At the time I have planned, I will bring justice against the wicked. When the earth quakes & its people live in turmoil, I am the one who keeps the foundations firm."
My Bible footnote (the Life Application Study Bible NLT) on verse 2 says the following: God will act when he is ready. Children have difficulty grasping the concept of time. "It's not time yet" is not a reason they easily understand because they only comprehend the present. As limited human beings, we can't understand God's perspective about time. We want everything now, unaware that God's timing is better. When God is ready, he will do what needs to be done, not what we would like him to do. We may be as impatient as children, but we must not doubt the wisdom of God's timing. Wait for God to reveal his plan. Do not take matters into your own hands.