Waiting...I hate Waiting

Two (2) months ago - get that Two--2--TWO - months ago my husband (dh) and I purchased a new dishwasher from a reputable provider in our area, and it has yet to be installed.  Can you imagine - two whole months, 62 days, and it is not installed?  To be fair, we scheduled the first install for one (1) month after the purchase to accommodate a previously scheduled vacation; and it was postponed until we had changes  made to our counter top; but still, it has been two months!  Adding to my frustration, someone misunderstood how to reschedule the install, and after rearranging my schedule for Monday, I was informed the install could not be done on Monday.  So here I am on Wednesday waiting for the installers- again.  

What does it matter I am waiting?  After all, I am retired; my next shift on the SCC Emergency Squad is on Friday night; all the tasks on my to-do-list can be interrupted and restarted without jeopardy; and, did I say, I am retired.

There is a lot of waiting in the scripture:  Noah waits for dry land to appear before he releases the people and animals from the ark (Gen. 8:12); Moses instructs the people to wait for him to return while he ascends Mt. Sinai (Ex. 24;14); Gideon asks the Lord to wait for his return (Judges 6:17-19); Samuel waits; David waits; Job waits; God waits.  I could go on.  The Bible describes waiting for insight, waiting for reinforcements, waiting for God to intervene, waiting for other people, waiting for servants, waiting for the Bridegroom, waiting for the second coming of our Lord, Jesus the Christ. 

So waiting a few hours for the dishwasher installer is but a drop in the bucket of time.  We can wait and are waiting for  'the children of God to be revealed' (Rom 8:19); for 'our adoption to sonship' Rom 8:23; and Rom 8: 24 'For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently'.

Lord, we pray, give us patience as we wait for the things of this life and joyful anticipation while we wait for your promise of salvation.  Amen