Thursday, April 4, 2013
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I surprised myself with a thought when I was anticipating spending the day at the hospital with Elaine for her surgery. I knew it would be a long day. It turned out to be 14 hours of waiting, tending, hovering, chatting, comforting, and sitting for hours just holding a hand.
When we are little children five minutes is forever. Just try sitting in a corner not talking to anyone without a toy or book and see how long it feels. A teenager isn't much better, but they can handle groundings for a week or even a month. Newlyweds soon learn what it takes to handle whole nights with crying infants, a spouse who must be bedridden for a period of time or having a crippled child who is in constant need of care. These times are trying, largely because they have never been experienced before. They seem to drag on forever, and you wonder how you will ever survive them.
As I sat patiently in the hospital doing what I knew I needed to do for my wife, I thought about how the Lord, in all his time and experience, is able to wait for millennia for something to happen. He bides his time, patiently waiting for all the things to happen that will lead up to the end result. He understands that all things must come in their own appointed time, and in their own appointed order in order for the desired outcome to happen. I see now why patience is a virtue.
When we are little children five minutes is forever. Just try sitting in a corner not talking to anyone without a toy or book and see how long it feels. A teenager isn't much better, but they can handle groundings for a week or even a month. Newlyweds soon learn what it takes to handle whole nights with crying infants, a spouse who must be bedridden for a period of time or having a crippled child who is in constant need of care. These times are trying, largely because they have never been experienced before. They seem to drag on forever, and you wonder how you will ever survive them.
As I sat patiently in the hospital doing what I knew I needed to do for my wife, I thought about how the Lord, in all his time and experience, is able to wait for millennia for something to happen. He bides his time, patiently waiting for all the things to happen that will lead up to the end result. He understands that all things must come in their own appointed time, and in their own appointed order in order for the desired outcome to happen. I see now why patience is a virtue.
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