Rachel Whisman

Wait…
I am told to do
And be a lady in waiting
But it seems as if my youth is fading

Wait on who?
I thought by now I would be walking in someone else’s shoes
Yet still single
My plans broken and wrinkled

Wait on who?
I look around, but am I just looked through
I put my head down
Will I ever get to wear the gown?

Wait on Me
The one who calls you
Not on any man
But on the great I Am

Wait on Me
Even though you might disagree
Bear this yoke in your youth
It is good, that is the truth

Wait on me
I will give you what you need
I am your true mate
I am never late

Wait on me
Then you will be free
I never promised you marriage
This weight I was meant to manage

Wait on me
And seek me
I know what is best
Was not the cross the test?

I wait on Him
Even if it may seem dim
This desire will come and go
But with you, it will never be so

I wait on Him
I might just stay a Miss
But I know I am His
And He is mine
And we are eternally intertwined

How This Poem Came To Be.

 My life is not a waiting room. I am not supposed to sit, read, and anxiously look around to see if my future husband is going to walk through the door at any moment. Yet, I grew up with this mentality. I have struggled with this. The emphasis was waiting on Mr. Right and not God, and it soon became idolatry 101. I wish I had known sooner. It wasn’t until this constant theme of, “Wait on the Lord” kept popping up as I read the Bible. I began asking myself, who was I waiting on? What did the Bible say about waiting? It became clear that the only lady in waiting was for me to wait on the Lord. He leads, and I would follow. He pursues, and I would respond. He works, and I wait on Him. Waiting is not passive, but active. An active trust and faith that the Lord is working. It is hard to see through the mirage of our desires, but behold that is what faith is, and “God is not weak in dealing with us but is powerful among you” (2 Corinthians 13:3). In singleness, it is the same. I would lie if I said that I don’t struggle with this still. It ebbs and flows with my contentment in singleness. Yet, the Lord is my bedrock. When the discontentment lingers, by God’s grace, I call these truths to mind and remind myself of the character of God and He settles me down. Do I still desire to be married, oh absolutely yes. However, if not, He is still good. If not, He is more than enough. If not, “I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever. I will thank you forever, because you have done it. I will wait for Your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly” (Psalm 52:8-9).

Scripture that kept popping up about “waiting” and “endurance”

“The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks Him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. It is good for a man to bear the yoke in His youth.” -Lamentations 3:25-27

“Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted, but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not be faint.”  -Isaiah 40:30-31

“Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.”  -Romans 5:3-4

“And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be complete, lacking in nothing.”  -James 1:4