Reflections on Waiting

I have to admit, I thought that by this time I'd be posting information about when my appearance on the Balancing Act would be airing. But lacking that, I will reflect on this process of waiting for the editing to be done and the show to go on.

By nature, I am not a patient person. It's not that I am impulsive, but once a thing has begun I want completion. Of course the analogy to grieving is staring me in the face. Grieving doesn't have a clear ending point, even though for most of us the beginnings of grief are very clear. In fact, it is very often precisely when we think that grief has been overcome that it raises its head and bites us the hardest. So we wait - and write - and wait some more. But as Jesus said to his best friends, "You will grieve and mourn... but your grief WILL turn to joy." (John 16 NIV)