Waiting for the known

Waiting for the unknown

                   anticipation vs. hope

Anticipation sees what is coming.
 Any delay of the reward  
  while frustrated wriggle-inducing, only 
   enhances the excitement.  Children 
  are looking at presents under the tree.
 He's about to get to the good part of the 
story.  She knows what he's about to ask.
                                 Wait for it...

  Hope can have anticipation.
 But deferred too long, might begin 
a slow death.
 Sometimes hope has assurance of the outcome--
     Christ will return.
    It only needs to be reminded of truth to revive.
   But then there is merely 
  the dearly wished for "perhaps one day", 
 and there are no assurances.  
Hope must become at once both watchful and content.

Balance needed. 
  Remembering.
    Not confusing one kind of hope with the other.
   Keep track of truth,
  not confusing dreams with the promises of God. 

Yet truth keeps the heart in its place 
 in all things.
   While all wishes are not promised 
     to come true, 
every need is promised to be met.

                                 Sufficient.

So the waiting 
     continues.
     begins.
     renews.

Hope springs eternal, 
 and when the spring dries 
  up, 
God pours in His water.

            God pours in HIS water...

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