It's true: the waiting IS the hardest part

"Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage;wait for the LORD!" Psalm 27:14 (ESV)
If there's anything I have been trying to tell people during the whole "the rapture is coming on May 21" issues of the last few weeks, it is this: God operates out of time. That verse from 2 Peter that says a day to the Lord is a thousand years and vice versa? It's not meant to be taken literally. It simply means to God time is irrelevant.
To us, the human race that works 40 hours a week, need our pizza delivered in 30 minutes, popcorn in 2 minutes, and the preacher to be done by noon so we can hit the buffet and tip poorly? We operate in the world of time. The sun goes up in the east, and down in the west. The moon reflects the sun's light to shine at night. We have 3 shifts to work around the clock. Doctors give a prognosis that a sickness may take a loved one in weeks, months, or hours. We have deadlines that demand our attention.
Days lead to weeks, months, and years. Time leads babies to adulthood, away from their parents, and repeating the cycle.
In other words, WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO WAIT.
But that it was God wants. He wants us to wait. Later in Psalm 130:5, it says "I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope." It is hard to wait, and this is true. It is hard to wait when you see the prognosis given to one of your family members. It is hard to wait when you are not sure how the finances will turn out. It is hard to wait when the children that you took from the hospital in a tiny bundle are asking for your car keys. It is hard to wait when the world will not.
Think of John 11. This has been used way too many times to see the perfect example of waiting on God, but it is the best one. Mary and Martha waited on God, and  waited until they could not wait no more.
Then He came, and showed His glory.
What am I saying? simply to hold on. It may be very hard. You may never know when you're going to escape the hum-drum existence of your life into what God promised, or when you will see your loved one healed. But he asks for you to wait. Wait and be amazed when He shows up.