DAY 38 -- What Are You Waiting For????

What are you waiting for?  What are we waiting for?  I have heard that question many times.  What exactly are we waiting for?  I guess we are waiting for the Stake President to talk with us.  No.  We are actually waiting for an assignment.  We are offering our "all" to the Lord to use as He sees fit.  We  have a unique set of experiences, opportunity of serving in the Kingdom, and talents, some brought from the Pre-Mortal life, and some developed here.

What are we waiting for?  We are waiting for the privilege of serving, using those talents and helping in the work of the Kingdom.  We are waiting for the privilege of meeting strangers, turning them into beloved fellow members of the Church, rubbing shoulders with them as we both learn, grow, serve, struggle, and love.  We are waiting for the privilege of leaving behind "life" as we know it, have known it for many years. 

What are we waiting for?  We are waiting for the privilege of getting to grow closer to our Father in Heaven and His Son Jesus Christ.  We are waiting for the privilege of learning, growing, becoming stronger in the Spirit, having a much stronger testimony of the truth we know and love.

We are waiting for the envelope that will come in the mail which will tell us "where" we will be going to enjoy the fulfillment of the waiting mentioned above.  Within that letter, we will find out the timing of these things and when these things will start to happen.

What are we waiting for?  We are waiting for the privilege of being used as tools in Father's hands to make a different in a location, in part of the Kingdom, and in the lives of others, while many lessons are learned within our own souls.

When my daughter was waiting for her husband, she questioned whether it would ever happen.  Of course it did finally happen.  Often many wait to receive their income tax returns, and it does finally come usually?  Many wait for the time when the price of gas will drop down to less than $1 per gallon.  Will it happen? 

We are waiting.  We are excited for what we know will come soon.  (Soon, that is another interesting concept, but for another day.)  (Jesus was going to come soon, it turned out to be 80 years.)