Limbo...

Limbo… Have you ever felt like you were living in it…just suspended somehow? Waiting?

Waiting to be a teenager.
Waiting to be 21 years old, that ‘magical’ ‘legal’ age.
Waiting to get married.
Waiting to have children.
Waiting for the children to be grown.
Waiting to have the house paid for.
Waiting for retirement.

Waiting to get a doctor’s report.
Waiting for a treatment plan.

Waiting on some difficult situation to get better.
Waiting on financial burdens to be lighter.

Waiting for next year when political offices change.
Waiting on the next election.
Waiting for the right candidate to come forward.

Waiting, waiting, waiting….

Living in limbo while you wait….trying to figure out what to do, how to do it, what not to do, and how to keep from doing that…..

And waiting on promises.

I often feel like I’m in limbo.

There are seasons of my life when that feeling is a constant thing.

There are times I want to do what the Thessalonians did, but Paul wrote to them, it’s recorded and preserved in scripture, so I have been instructed against it.

They believed in Jesus Christ, Who He is, what He accomplished. And they believed He was coming back to get them. So, they just pretty much quit the business of life, sat down and waited in limbo for that to happen.


“ Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to Him….
…….. stand firm and hold to the teachings we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter….
We hear that some among you are idle…..Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the bread they eat.
And as for you, brothers, never tire of doing what is right.
If anyone does not obey our instruction in this letter, take special note of him.
Do not associate with him, in order that he may feel ashamed.
Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
(2 Thes. 2:1,15 3:11-15)

It is true. I am in limbo.

Between eternity past, and eternity future.

But I am not to just sit and wait. I pray in agreement with Paul, “ May the Lord direct my heart into God's love and Christ's perseverance.( 2 Thes. 3:5 personalized by me)