Moments of Greatness

Here’s to looking forward to a New Year of living in the moment! 

Waiting - the word itself just seems so awful sometimes. 

Waiting to get in line at the post office to pick up a long awaited package that got missed being delivered straight to your home or to send out those Christmas cards that were supposed to be mailed two weeks ago. 

Waiting in the drive thru at Starbucks for your warm spicy chai latte. :) 

Waiting in the grocery store line wondering if you got in the wrong line again as the lady two people down from you pulls out a coupon book and her check book! 

Waiting for traffic to move. 

Waiting. 

Our entire life seem to be a series of times of waiting interrupted by moments of receiving, giving, accomplishing, achieving, or living. 

We wait expectantly. 

We wait faithfullly. 

We wait with hope. 

We wait in silence. 

We wait anxiously. 

We wait with joy. 

We wait excitedly. 

We wait with bated breath! 

We wait in suspense.

We wait on God. 

The definition of Wait |wāt|: to stay where one is or delay action until a particular
time or until something else happens; 

                           to remain in readiness for some purpose;       
                                             be left until a later time before being dealt with; 

Synonyms: remain, stay, rest, stop, halt, pause, linger, bide’s one’s time, deferred, delay, intermission, lull, hold on, long, pine, hiatus, gap, moratorium, recess...

We all wait with bated breath on the last day of a year expectantly waiting for another new year. 

Hoping that the blank canvas will be filled with vivid moments of brightness and cheer.

I am going to wait expectantly for the new and exciting. 

Knowing that God is always wanting to give us more than we can ever imagine simply because He loves us.

Yet, life is full of run of the mill mundane moments. 

I know that in each and everyone of those everyday ordinary moments is where I can allow God to be extraordinary. 
I can expect to find unforgettable, surprising joy, peace, faith, love, lessons for growth and miracles in the simple moments of my everyday life. 

More importantly, I hope you try to seek and linger in God’s presence in each moment and I’m sure you’ll be amazed and changed by what you find. 

Remain in His presence and you will find grace and strength to go through each moment of your life. 

Water, waves, and words

Remember when your parents took you to the beach and you ran towards the ocean excited to feel the sand between your little toes. You watched as the waters rushed forward and washed away the sand around your feet. As you looked out at the expanse, the sunlight danced upon the waves creating an illusion of serenity hiding the depths of the seas' ferocity. 

Well, that’s what I did. I dug my toes deep into that squishy soft sand to see how deep I had to get before I could just stand there rooted into the ground without letting the sea drag the sand away leaving me back on unstable ground. I stood there feeling the cool wet sand between my toes and the rush and tug of the swirling waters moving forward and then back. Appearing as if the sand and waters were dancing before me in some sort of savage waltz. I look up and marvel at this magnificent, beautiful, terrible sea, the waves rising up feigning to crash right over me. Yet, as the waves get closer, closer and closer still they shrink and with a force sweep over the sand pulling all before it into the deep. Knowing my parents and sister were close behind I would stand courageously before this wonder knowing no matter how deep I went in there was always someone looking out for me. I would stand there with my toes digging deeper into the sand, watching the swirling waters and the crashing waves before me. The beauty and majesty of God’s creation staring back at me. Blues and greens mingled  together with shimmers of white and yellow light, something so alluring yet so unknown. 

Now, as I step forward looking at a metaphorical majestic ocean of life, I dig deep into God’s word allowing my feet to be rooted and grounded. I run excitedly towards life’s oceans knowing that my Savior’s awesome presence is ever near and as I look up at those waves I know they will shrink as they get closer. Though the waves may come with a force trying to pull and drag all before it, I can stand.