Waiting

"The need to find a meaning and purpose in life"

The Gallup Poll

Sometimes, life seemed like an endless waiting game
I guess people generally do not like waiting.
We're an impatient bunch, aren't we?
So much efficiency that even waiting for 5 minutes becomes a chore

Taught the children the story of Joseph yesterday.
He is an amazing character.

Who would have expected that a father's love can cause him so much trouble?
Yet it is understandable why his brothers would be jealous of him.
Was he arrogant or merely insensitive to the feelings of his 11 brothers?

Just when he thought that everything will be going well for him,
he was sold to Egypt to become a slave.
Betrayed by his very own brothers

In Egypt, he became his master's trusted aide
Yet in the end, he was thrown into prison by that same person

One couldn't help wondering how Joseph would have felt at that time
Did doubts creep into his mind?

That his dream was perhaps just a dream after all

I like the story of Joseph because of the promise it entails
The promise that God will never forsake you, even when it seemed like He had
And as the story goes, Joseph did become a powerful man in Egypt in the end

No, waiting isn't easy
But waiting in hope is something else...