Weenies in the Pot

Waiting can be so difficult!

"Just one Mom!?"
"Pleaaaassseee can we open just one gift?"

The presents sit so inviting under the Christmas tree. Red and green wrapping paper. Beautiful bows. Tissue tucked ever so gently in the gift bags hiding the well-chosen toys below.

I think back to my days in little league. As I carried my bat to the plate, helmet well adjusted, cleats trailing brown dust behind me, I could hear my coach say, "Wait for it. Wait for it." He knew our propensity to swing before the ball arrived. Our nudge to see it coming and want to hit before it ever crossed the plate. So over and over again, as each of his ten year old players took their place at bat, he would yell, "Wait for it. Wait for it."

My children often tease that the most heard phrase in our home is, "Just a minute!" I would like to think I am teaching them the power of waiting, but I may be fibbing a bit with that!

It is common to have students in our home. We love to entertain, feed them and fill them with a little dose of Jesus. My children have become accustomed to seeing 2, 3, maybe 4 or 10 extra college kids in our home for any given meal. They have become brothers and sisters to them. So when the food is prepped and the prayers have been uttered, it is difficult for my children to wait to make their plates. They want to jump in and be first in line. The cheesey potatoes call out their name. The little weenies beckon to their paper plate (no china here ladies!). And they rush in, taking first spot.

"Kobe, wait your turn. Let the others go first."

It is difficult, especially when you see a limited number of weenies in the pot and a line to what seems to go to Timbuktu in your kitchen.

WAITING.

My dear sisters, the Lord calls us into periods of waiting. Often we don't know why. We want immediate results. We can google and have an answer in 1.5 seconds....so waiting, well waiting...that is difficult!  God sees all. He knows the resources at His disposal. He knows He has not only cooked enough weenies, but He has a storehouse full of weenies (and other hors d'oeuvres).

"Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, "The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him."
Lamentations 3:22-24

God loves us. His compassion is new every morning for us and His love will never fail us. If me, a sinner, would make an entire new meal for my son if the weenies ran out, imagine what our God will do for us! He makes us wait, knowing HE IS OUR PORTION! He is worth waiting for my friends!

Dear Lord, help me remember that you are my portion! You provide for me and in that I can trust. In that I can be assured of provision. In that I can wait! Dear Lord, help me wait...not with tears, not with complaining, not with uncertainty, but with the faith that you will provide for whatever it is my need may be. Thank you for your unfailing, unending, compassion and love for me!