wait to live

I wrote this a couple of years ago as loved ones waited in hospice for a dearly loved family member to pass on from this life to the next. I found it the other day and thought I would share it on here.

wait to live

your mother waits:
9 months to meet you,
2-3 years for you to get out of diapers,
3-5 years for you to go to school.

you can't wait to:
go to school,
sit at the adult table at family gatherings,
be one of the big kids,
drive,
get a car,
graduate high school,
grow up and leave it all behind.

then you wait to:
graduate college,
find employment,
move out on your own,
get your dream job,
buy a house,
marry,
have kids,
retire.

and in the end,
you wait to die.

but all along the way
we are waiting
and longing,
for heaven,
to be with Jesus,
waiting to live whole -
no longer broken, shattered, and torn,
waiting to die to self and wake to LIFE.

waiting to live,
waiting to die,
to truly LIVE.