While I'm Waiting

I'm waiting
I'm waiting on You, Lord
And I am hopeful
I'm waiting on You, Lord
Though it is painful
But patiently, I will wait

And I will move ahead, bold and confident
Taking every step in obedience

While I'm waiting, I will serve You
While I'm waiting, I will worship
While I'm waiting, I will not fade
I'll be running the race, even while I wait

I'm waiting, I'm waiting on You, Lord
And I am peaceful; I'm waiting on You, Lord
Though it's not easy, no,
But faithfully, I will wait
Yes, I will wait!

And I will move ahead, bold and confident
Taking every step in obedience

While I'm waiting, I will serve You
While I'm waiting, I will worship
While I'm waiting, I will not fade
I'll be running the race, even while I wait

I will move ahead, bold and confident
I'll be taking every step in obedience, yeah

While I'm waiting, I will serve You
While I'm waiting, I will worship
While I'm waiting, I will not fade

I will serve You while I'm waiting
I will worship while I'm waiting
I will serve You while I'm waiting
I will worship while I'm waiting
I will serve You while I'm waiting
I will worship while I'm waiting
Waiting on You, Lord!

I will serve You while I'm waiting
I will worship while I'm waiting
I will serve You while I'm waiting
I will worship while I'm waiting
I will serve You while I'm waiting
I will worship while I'm waiting


-John Waller

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Also in my head when I hear this one, "I will trust You while I'm waiting." One of the harder lessons for me to learn when I was younger was, "Trust God's timing," and I still struggle with it. I've come to recognize these things in hindsight, that it WAS better this way, at this pace, but I have difficulty applying that to whatever I'm looking at in what I think should be the immediate future.

There's so much that I want to do after the Navy. My college plans are a big one, and the career to follow. Being back at Camp is another. There's a lot about my life that seems to just be on hold right now. I recognize that I'm training and learning, and there's a lot of this that will no doubt prove useful later on - but man, sometimes writing down what I want to be doing then is the only thing that gets me through another agonizing lecture.

Whatever I thought about bad instructors, difficult classes, or stressful schedules - cake, now. I might not have any of my credits transfer, but after "A" School, I am possibly equipped to handle the stress of going for my Masters while holding down a job, playing with three different bands, dating someone special, and taking care of two cats.

There's a lot back home that I miss, and want to start working on, experiencing, or re-experiencing, and I have to put it on hold for now. When I first heard this song, I played it about eight times over. The lyrics were exactly what I felt like, but much more encouraging. God didn't forget about me over here, and He was doing (and is doing) something big with all of this, though I don't know what. Serving while I wait might just end up being the 'theme' for the next half-dozen years. Not a bad focus.