The strains and demands of today’s society are antithetical to waiting and patience. That is why Go-gurt was invented. Living among the busy and hectic would make an anxious person out of anyone, much less a person so prone to peer pressure and conformity as I am.

However, if I have learned one thing from my Christian walk (I have actually learned several, manifested in daily lessons that remind me I indeed do not deserve grace), it is to be in the world and not of it. Living by that tenet would be the only way to heed the advice of Isaiah.

Wait for him: but I have to go to Sonic for half-price drinks from 2:00 to 5:00!
In quietness and trust is your strength: but I have so many loud and irresponsible things to do
In rest is your salvation: but I didn’t sleep last night because I was making lists of how to watch sports on TV more efficiently

It is easy for me to get lost in this cycle of busy-ness. However, it is also necessary that I find a way out of the world’s busy schedule. “The Lord longs to be gracious” to me, but I’ll never have a chance to receive his grace if I can’t take my nose out from the grindstone long enough to accept it. He has promised us blessings, and all we have to do is wait.

Instead of fitting God into my life’s schedule, I should fit my life into God’s schedule. Besides, he is much better at time management than I will ever be.