The Wait

So here we are. The third day of the Triduum, Holy Saturday. The day of waiting.

I don't know about about you, but I love waiting...ha ha and ha. Funny joke, am I right? Although waiting is often not what I want to be doing, I can appreciate a certain excitement and beauty that can only be experienced through the wait.

Today I was on a run...er jog...and I was hit by a ton of bricks when the lyrics of Matt Maher's song, "The Waiting" from his new CD, Saints and Sinners, spoke to my heart in a poignant way. If you haven't bought/listened to this CD...check it out ASAP because incredible is an underwhelming adjective for how truly wonderful this album is.  It grasps themes that I didn't even know I needed to hear and in beautifully poetic manner. 

"The evening tide is falling fast / my feet are weary, but I'm free at last / So meet me in the tomb, my Lord / Come roll away the stone / And this is the mystery / Death bows to the King of Kings / He has overcome the grave / For the sinners and the saints."

For the last year or so the idea of patience and waiting have surfaced quite frequently. Mostly because I have been diligently praying for patience in knowing the vocation God has called me to and how it will manifest itself. Also, I am struggling to adjust my ideal timeline with the timeline God has carefully perfected.  Basically, I am very eager to know the future direction of my life.  Yet, I find myself in position of waiting.   

"I am sure that God keeps no one waiting unless He sees that it is good for them to wait." -C. S. Lewis

Waiting can cause discomfort. It makes me antsy, eager, and sometimes anxious or frustrated. I think that this kind of discomfort is the state of mind in which the most growth takes place. I have learned so much about myself and faith in this period of waiting.  I believe that God has gifted this wait to me with these intentions and I am grateful (most of the time :P).

"The world offers you comfort, but you were not made for comfort, you were made for greatness." -Pope Benedict XVI

So on this Holy Saturday we are waiting. Yesterday, after experiencing the Passion and Death of Christ I am tempted to be overwhelmed with sorrow, but I need to remind myself that this isn't the end.  Salvation does not stop at the cross, but the mystery and purpose of the Incarnation is fulfilled in the Resurrection.

"Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are an Easter people and hallelujah is our song."  -St. John Paul II

I am trying to embrace this precious time of waiting and basking in the knowledge that the best part is coming.  Watch and pray. Wait and know this is not the end.

Here's to waiting and the precious anticipation of the greatest triumph the world has ever seen.

cheers. 

Allison