As a kid, I hated it.
I still do.
Watch our Truth in Two to find out why waiting is so hard (full text below).
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FULL TEXT
You have heard the cries of children, in fact, you may have made the cry yourself! “How much longer?!” For kids, it might be arriving somewhere after a lengthy car trip. For teenagers, it might be having the supposed freedom of adulthood. For adults, it might be longing for rest from work. Whatever the case, whatever the group, waiting is hard. Why is it so hard to wait for holidays, birthdays, or special days of any kind? Some mathematicians suggest that time seems to go slower when we are young because, to that point, we have had a shorter experience with time. But as we age, we realize that time is short; and we don’t want to spend time waiting for anything.
But consider this: our waiting is nothing in comparison to God’s people waiting for Messiah. The time between the prophecy of Malachi and Jesus’ birth was about 400 years. The Hebrews had to wait 400 years to hear from God again! Psalm 74 summarizes the waiting,
“We do not see our signs, there is no longer any prophet, there is none among us who knows how long”
But Luke 2 records an old man named Simeon and an old woman named Anna who were promised that their waiting for Messiah would be rewarded. Doctor Luke says about Anna and Simeon, that they were “waiting for the redemption of Israel” causing Simeon to exclaim
“My eyes have seen your salvation, a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel”
So, whenever I hear myself say, “How much longer do I have to wait?!” I think, “If Simeon and Anna can do it, so can I.” For Truth in Two, this is Dr. Mark Eckel, president of the Comenius Institute, personally waiting for Jesus’ second coming based on the fulfillment of his first coming.