The good kind of waiting

It's almost 3 months since my last blog. That should tell you how the summer has gone - like a whirlwind. The ideas have come and gone with out the time to put the ... well I almost said pen to paper, but I guess no one does that anymore. So what is it that we do? I suppose it's now the pixel to monitor/screen. Seems like we are living in "Star Trek times" these days. Last year for my birthday I got an Ipod Touch. I've spent the last 12 months reveling in the fact that I can access the internet and all it's joys anywhere there was wifi on this tiny little communication device I held in my hand. This year I purchased a new phone that can access the internet anywhere (almost) so now I don't even need wifi. I gone from hifi to wifi and beyond in my lifetime. I am old. Being a Scifi fan I just love the gadgets but... you just gotta worry about the kids. They are going to miss a lot of joy(?) that I experienced. Today we hate to wait. Everything needs to be instant (oatmeal, one-touch dialing, or tanning) or fast (food, divorce, or high speed Internet). But I remember the wonderful, delicious anticipation of waiting for that thing you just had to have. One year, as a teenager, it was a 35mm camera that I was so hoping to get it for Christmas. About 1 week before the big day, everyone was gone, so I picked one of the presents with my name on it and very carefully unwrapped it. It was a flash attachment for the camera that I was obviously also getting. The rest of Christmas was ruined for me. The anticipation was gone and so was the joy of waiting. I have never again opened a present early. It takes away the specialness of the occasion. Maybe that's why I have never been excited about studying the book of Revelations. All these folks have tried to tell us what will happen at the end of this time on earth. Why? Yhwh will surprise us all. Won't that be great for those of us who belong. Ah... there's a whole 'nother subject for a whole 'nother blog - BELONGING.