WAIT - A Five Minute Friday Post

It's Thursday night, ya'll... you know the drill!

(It's Five Minute Friday... in case you actually DON'T know the drill and you're new around here! Read on to learn what it is, but know that what it is is Awesome! A flash mob of writers who pour our love and encourage and uplift... who take five minutes and write brave, whatever starts flowing... unedited and published real quick like, without over thinking it!  We'd love to have you join us!)

Here is our Word Prompt for the day: WAIT

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Wait...

Why is it that we rarely do it well?  Or at least, for me, I rarely hear "Wait" and think, "Oh goodie!"

Lately... (as in - since my Summer of Silence) WAIT has been my call.  Don't go forward... don't fall backward... just stand still and, (wait for it...)

Wait!

Don't just jump in and run from one season to the next. 

No, "Wait!" He says... "Let's let this one end with grace and let's Rest and Breathe and just Be for awhile before we move right along now."

I am learning to live in the in between.  In between what was, and what is to come. In between how it used to be, and what it will be like next... because whatever it will be, it will be different!

I still want to fall back to my old ways... ways that prove show Productivity... Ways that are Over-Prepared and have it all Packaged Together and Polished.  

Ways that ever so quietly scream Me... "I did that! I've got it! It's all good... I can handle it."

But the Old has passed away, hallelujah?

The New has come... or, it's coming soon, anyway!  

That's what He keeps saying! And with the New, I want it to be less about my skill, and more about His power! Less about my ability, and more about His Spirit.

I have been reading it all over the interwebs... --how people are feeling called to stop... called to do less, and be present more.  People are laying down their phones and agendas and well mapped out plans... they are boldly letting their days have nothing to show for them.  They are learning to enter into His Rest and how so often in our culture, that really requires a Lot. of. Work.

"Those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength..."

Yeah - I've heard that use of 'wait'  could be described as an action of service... as a waiter, waiting... and there are definitely seasons and times that we are called to that. But He loves to remind us that He does not call us 'servant', He calls us 'friend'.

And oh how I am thankful for friends who can sit in silence... when no words are needed.  When just their presence helps carry the burden, or double the joy.

Sometimes when things are really hard, or even when they are really great... 

 --sometimes the best plan we can make is to stop all the madness... to bring every thought captive... to rest and breathe and relax in not doing any of All The Things... 

Sometimes the best plan is to simply sit awhile and wait with Him.

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I was not quite sure where this one was going tonight, but here we are... once again... waiting... following His lead! It's not always easy, but it is always best!

Five Minute Fridays gives us the chance to dive right in and share what He puts on our hearts! Click here to read what others have to say about "WAIT"


Oh ...the fine print: if you don't know what FMF is!  Five Minute Fridays have been hosted by Lisa Jo Baker.  This week we start gathering over at Kate Motaung's.  FMF is open to anyone, so to learn more about it - and to jump in yourself (the more the merrier!) or just to find a linky to see what everyone is writing about today - click HERE!  The idea is to simply write... for Five Minutes flat... no editing, no deep thinking - or at least REthinking, no spell check - just write! Let it flow! We all write using a prompt that Lisa posts at 10pm Thursday night (EST.)  I'm loving the community of amazing bloggers and the creativity that flows from these magical Five Minutes!