Wait-Listed

by Greg Asimakoupoulos

Posted: September 28, 2024

Learning to wait is one of life's biggest challenges…

On life’s voyage it seems I’m wait-listed.
I’m waiting for what I have asked.
There are so many things I’ve requested.
Learning patience, I guess, is my task.

As I wait, I can doubt or be trusting.
I can rest in God’s arms or resist.
When His timing conflicts with my longings,
I am tempted to raise a clenched fist.

But God’s sovereign. Of that, I am certain.
How He chooses to answer my prayer
is dependent on His will and wisdom
and His infinite mercy and care.

And, so, on this voyage of patience,
I will wait, faith-believing, to see
how the God of all grace and compassion
will provide what He deems best for me.

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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.

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Posted: September 28, 2024

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Well said...

You are as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fears; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.

Samuel Ullman