Of four letter words

Wait is a four letter word in more sense than one, is it not? Frustrations boil over when you are in this state. Seemingly your life is put on hold as you await the results of a decision that you have absolutely no influence over. A simple "yes" or "no" would alter the course of your life.

As some of you faithful readers out there (although I have absolutely no idea who is left) would have gathered by now, this is typical DC hyperbole. Certainly I am not holding my breath for the answer to my wedding proposal or something of that magnitude, but insofar as impact goes, this is pretty close to the apex of plausible scenarios in my life presently.

A myriad of issues need to be ironed out upon confirmation of this, its as though I am at the threshold of a new era. Yet, trying to predict how things pan out is like trying to monitor the Nasdaq. Without internet access. Or phone access.

Incidentally, I just heard over a podcast that this present generation is described as the digital generation. A generation that has never known what is like not to be able to access information instantly. A generation where research is done more often than not using Wikipedia rather than the good ol' fashion Britannica. I just have to add the very quotable quote I heard (even though it seems out of place here): a generation that thinks of "mice" primarily as computer peripherals rather than rodents.

Since I am still in my twenties, albeit very late twenties, I am a bit of a hybrid between the digital and the print generation. Hope that my traditional sensibilities would sustain me. Although it must be said, in learning the value of patience, I can understand why the same Greek word is translated long suffering in the KJV.

Nothing much can be done, other than waiting for it. Waiting on Him.