Welp, I’m waiting. When I started writing this post, I was sitting in a room, waiting on the results of a diagnostic mammogram. I mean the idea of having to wait on someone to tell you very important information can be a terrible feeling. The crazy thing is that if I really think about it, I wasn’t nervous about the results. I mean, I am a woman of faith. I know in my heart things will be fine. In fact, I have learned that many of the bad things that I have experienced in my life is usually to either make me stronger or help others. So it’s not even the results that are making me nervous. I think it is more the fact that while I wait, I AM NOT IN CONTROL!
The interesting thing was what was happening while I was waiting (besides me writing this down). There were 5 other women waiting with me. One woman was talking on her phone about her best friend who apparently she thinks is cheating on her husband. (Really, she is having THAT conversation in a waiting room? I wonder if her friend knows how she talks about her? What kind of friend is she? I digress…) Another woman was reading a book. The other two women were talking to each other about their kids. The last lady was listening to something on headphones. Out of the 6 of us, the woman listening to her headphones was clearly the happiest. I noticed her instantly because as I walked in the waiting room, she shot me a huge smile…you know, one of those contagious, to-know-me-is-to-love-me smiles? She was moving her head to what was obviously her favorite song. She really was full of joy! Each of us were called back one at a time for testing or results. When I got my results (which was not normal but not a big concern, yay!) I headed back to the waiting area for final instructions. That smiling lady was still waiting and the only one left. I made a comment about how her joy was contagious and this is what she said:
“There is nothing worse than missing out on the wait.”
Umm…OK…that’s a weird thing to say. What did she mean missing out on the “wait”? And who talks like that anyway? You know I asked her right? She said:
Miracles can happen in the “wait”. The wait is when you can rest. The wait is when you get to see that you are not in control. They say I have a tumor in my breast but while I am out here waiting they are finding that it is not what they think.”
How is that for positive thinking? How can she be sure that she did not indeed have a tumor in her breast? She was confident that while she was waiting, a miracle was happening. It made me think about something (you knew that was coming, right?). SOMETIMES THE WAIT IS NECESSARY. We often want what we want, when we want it and how we want it. But many times the “wait” is what is needed to make those things that we want happen in our lives. Sometimes it is the wait that allows us to get better or to get stronger. Sometimes the “wait” is when others work on our behalf. Sometimes, the “wait” is for our good. The encounter with this lady has challenged me to remember that sometimes THERE IS POWER IN THE “WAIT”.
I really do wish I could have stayed a bit longer to see what happened with that lady. I didn’t want to invade her privacy and I had already asked her more than I should have. So as I left, I simply said,”God bless you”. To which she replied, “He already has.” 🙂
Awesome, I needed that!
Thanks for reading Yolanda! Glad you enjoyed it.
AMEN??.. This was AWESOME.. Yes, Belinda, WAITING is necessary for the PROCESS, as the women you talked to displayed, it’s also HOW we wait.. We don’t fear.. Wait Patiently on the Lord.. That’s Exactly what she did!! BEAUTIFUL ♥️