![]() When we feel like waiting on God’s timing is wasted time, we should ask ourselves: Are we serving Him, or serving our own timing? There’s an old analogy that while we’re waiting on God, we should do what waiters do: Serve. Leigh is a speaker, blogger and founder of Be Still Mama Ministries.Most of us hate waiting. If we heed that discipline, we stop trusting ourselves and electively start trusting Him even when it’s hard. He puts His foot down on us on purpose, because He knows what’s coming and we don’t. We have free will and can make our own choices, but I’m so thankful my husband intervened for our son just like our Heavenly Father does for us sometimes. Just think – if he settled for that plastic toy in that beach store, then went to the dinner theater with no money, he would have suffered from regret and even more sadness that he could’ve gotten exactly what he wanted if he had just waited. The perfect timing would be later that night where he would spend all of his money on the things he actually wanted, and boy I wish you could’ve seen His face. In this case, buying something that day wasn’t the right timing. Although this is a specific example of material possessions, this can be applied to any situation. He knows the future and He knows the timing. Through all of this, I couldn’t help but think of how God works. But if we get ahead of God, if we settle, or take something that will cure the itch instead of waiting for His best, we are the ones that suffer. I knew, without a shadow of a doubt, every dollar of spending money he had in that tiny pocket would be spent at that dinner theater gift shop and he would be so excited! I emphasized how difficult waiting is when we want something so badly. I knew what the future held for him, but he didn’t. I asked him to sit on the curb so we could talk for a minute. But winter tickets were a bit cheaper, so we decided to surprise them. They’ve wanted to go for years, but it’s always so costly. What he didn’t know, but we did, was that we were going to surprise our kids with a Dinner Theater show that night. He wanted something in his hand and his little mind couldn’t understand why he couldn’t find the right thing. I want you to be patient.”Īs we walked out the tears started flowing. My husband stepped in and said, “We’re not going to spend money on that one buddy. He pushed for a plastic toy we knew would break. If you wait, you’ll be able to get those things.” Rationalizing that “this toy will do.” I said “Buddy, I know you’ve had your heart set on a few other things that you’ve mentioned for a few months now. This was the month of October and they weren’t stocked like they normally are in a bustling summer.Īgain, he tried to force something. As we walked in, the disappointment covered his face as we saw the toy inventory and selection was about half of what it is in the summer. He asked if we could go to one of his favorite “beach stores” that we run into sometimes when we’re there, so we agreed to run by there on the way back to let him take a look. I kneeled down and explained if he waited, we had a few more days at the beach and we could find something he would really enjoy instead of just settling for a toy just to have one. Buy something just to have something in his hands. I noticed he was trying to make something work. Her brother, however, looked and looked and looked in the toy store, but there was just nothing that really excited him. Her brother will officially stay out of her room! She was in love, and joyfully spent her money on that item and contentedly walked out of the store. When we’re there, our kids always ask for a toy or something fun! To get ahead of the asking, before we even get there, they bring their wallet and we throw in a few extra dollars and they know that’s all the money they have to spend on the fun stuff.Įarlier that day our daughter found the most perfect, unregrettable spend – a furry koala diary with a lock. Our family recently spent a weekend at the beach. My 6-year-old was defeated because he couldn’t find anything to spend his money on. ![]() The sun was bright, but his heart was not. ![]() As we sat on the curb of the entrance to the big “beach store” tears rolled down his face. ![]()
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