Waiting Shed

One day in a small busy country of Macau, I went out to see my friends. As I passed through the bus stop, I saw a waiting shed crowded with men and women who maybe are about to go to school and office. Everyone of them seemed in a hurry, but had no choice but to wait. Out of nowhere, I just came to realize that in many ways, human never wanted the idea of waiting, and probably waiting shed was never an ideal place to stay at for a long time.

I told myself, "Good thing there's a waiting shed." at least somehow they can be at ease while waiting. But, does really the waiting shed make them at ease? Why they still look mad? Why?

Young ones today are facing the same challenge. We are now in this time called Post-modernity, where lots of stuff can be taken instantly, which makes waiting a hard task to do. Many of us, are now maybe in a place we called Waiting Shed. Of course waiting shed is a good place to stay at while waiting. But I realized that it's not the place that matters as we wait. It's the waiting itself. It's not about how long did you wait, but about what you did while waiting.

Back to the waiting shed, I saw a man on his phone giving instruction to the one who's on the other line, and a student sitting on a bench reading her book. Then I said, I think that's what makes waiting essential.

We believe that God has prepared big things for us. Yes He has. But why we usually use the phrase "Right timing." but don't even think of  being the "Right us." What if the right time came? Are we gonna be able to say that we became the right person along with that? God has put us in a waiting shed not because the right time is not there yet. The right time comes along with us being the right person for it.

We have been given a waiting time not to test how long can we wait, but for a process of preparation for what is to come. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE WAITING ITSELF, IT'S ABOUT WHAT YOU DO WHILE YOU WAIT.

ENJOY WAITING!