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| HURRY UP AND WAIT ! |
| TODAY AS I SIT AND WAIT, FOR THE CALL OF MY NAME, I ANTICIPATE. I'VE NEVER DISCOVERED THE REASON WHY THEY SCHEDULE SO MANY, OR EVEN TRY. THERE'S NO WAY ONE DOCTOR CAN SEE US ALL AT THE TIME, WE'RE ON THE BOOK TO CALL. SO HERE WE SIT, ONE HOUR THEN, TWO YOU BEGIN TO THINK, THEY OVER LOOKED YOU. MEN AND WOMEN OF VARIOUS DESCRIPTIONS, ALL COME TO WAIT FOR NEW PRESCRIPTIONS. STRIKE UP CONVERSATIONS TO PASS TIME. WHILE ALL ALONG, THERE'S NO END TO THE LINE. I LOOK AROUND AND LISTEN TO BITS OF CHATTING ABOUT WEATHER, TO MAKING LIST. WELL, ALWAYS WITH PENCIL AND PAD IN HAND, I BEGIN TO WRITE, ABOUT A BETTER PLAN. THEN TO MY DISTRACTION, DIFFERENT SOUNDS WERE HEARD. ONE BY ONE ALL WERE GETTING CALLS, "WHAT'S THE WORD?" THE SAME REPLY RESOUNDED AROUND THE ROOM. "YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS MINE, BUT HOPEFULLY SOON." SO I JUST KEPT WRITING WITH PENCIL IN HAND THEN MY CALL COMES, FROM MY MAN. "WHAT'S UP DEAR?, I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE HOME." "WELL, JUST LOOK FOR ME WHEN YOU SEE ME, TIME UNKNOWN." FINALLY AFTER ALMOST TWO HOURS, I HEAR MY NAME. WHEN THE DR. OPENS THE DOOR. HE SAYS. "IT'S BEGINNING TO RAIN." AND I REPLIED, "WELL I THOUGHT I WOULDN'T SEE YOU, UNTIL THE FIRST SNOW OF THE YEAR, BEFORE IT WAS MY TURN IN YOUR OFFICE TO APPEAR. TIME DOESN'T REALLY AMOUNT TO MUCH IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU USE IT FOR AND SUCH. SO MY TIME WAS SPENT, MAKING OBSERVATIONS, AND PUTTING NOTES ON PAPER FOR UP COMING OVATIONS. MY ADVICE TO ALL WOULD BE THIS, ADD PAD, PENCIL, AND BIBLE TO YOUR LIST AND WHEN YOU GO TO HURRY UP AND WAIT YOU WON'T BE AS BORED, AND WRITE DOWN YOUR OBSERVATIONS TO RELATE! WRITTEN BY SHIRLEY BARR JULY 29, 2004 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED COLOSSIANS 1: 10 ~ 11 THAT YE MIGHT WALK WORTHY OF THE LORD UNTO ALL PLEASING, BEING FRUITFUL IN EVERY GOOD WORK, AND INCREASING IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD; STRENGTHENED WITH ALL MIGHT, ACCORDING TO HIS GLORIOUS POWER, UNTO ALL PATIENCE AND LONGSUFFERING WITH JOYFULNESS. |
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