Viewing life from The Waiting Chair

Peg DesEnfantes
Posted 9/25/20

The Waiting Chair.

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Viewing life from The Waiting Chair

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The Waiting Chair. I have sat in many of them and they all look different. Some might look like a bale of hay. Another might be a hard seated, hard back, uncomfortable chair. There have been times when it has been a soft and comfortable recliner. Many times it has been a pickup seat parked at the edge of the field. They all look different, but the purpose is the same. I am waiting.

I have waited for birth to take place as well as death. I have waited for hay to toughen up and I have waited for hay to dry out. I have waited for calves to be born. I have waited for the rains to come, and I have waited for winter to be over. I have waited.

I have had a lot practiced, and I still haven’t mastered the art of waiting. I am a “lets getter done” kind of girl. I have sat in several waiting chairs where I wanted in the worst way to ask God “why”, knowing that on this side of heaven I probably will never know the answer. I don’t like waiting.

I have learned to ask a new question. I get an answer every time. “God, what would you like me to learn while I am sitting in the waiting chair?” Sometimes I have to wait a bit, and other times the answer is quickly evident. Learning can take place in the waiting chair.

I have waited all summer for rain, and it hasn’t come. The rain waiting chair has gotten pretty hard and uncomfortable. I have learned, God is in control, not me. I have sat by the bedside of both of my parents who had long inch by inch deaths. I learned God has a plan and his timing is perfect. While waiting for calves to be born, I have looked at the clear, cold Wyoming skies, which I would have missed if I hadn’t of been out. I learned that God’s creation is amazing, and I need to take time to enjoy it. My eyes have been opened in the waiting chair.

Psalms 25-8: Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.

9 He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.10 All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.