Just. You. Wait.: Patience, Contentment, and Hope for the Everyday

Everybody waits. We wait for a spouse, wait for a baby, wait on our children, wait for our parents. We wait for clarity and direction. We wait on a job, a promotion, a new direction. We wait for hope, for healing, and for miracles. We wait on God. And when we misunderstand what waiting is about, we can get confused about what God is up to. Waiting is one of God?s favorite tools. He can do certain things in our hearts, our lives, and our relationships while we wait?things we cannot experience once we?ve opened the gift we have been waiting for. So just you wait, because everyone takes their turn in the waiting room. It?s a long and painful fact of life, but shortcuts and microwaves aren?t the answer. God is at work behind the scenes in invisible ways you can?t see . . . yet. Just you wait and see how ready you?ll be if you spend your waiting well. Because when your opportunity comes, you don?t want to spend more time on the bench. When you wait well, you can say, ?Look out, world: I am getting ready to shine. Just you wait.? In these pages, Tricia discusses the joy hidden in the discipline of waiting, and the practices of believing God is for you and working on your behalf, even when the work of His hand is hard to find.ReviewWhen Tricia?s book found me, I was?I am!?in a season of waiting. Unexpected, unchosen, unwanted waiting. And in the pages ofJust. You. Wait., I discovered a good guide who?s weathered waiting with God, in all its comfort and discomfort. This book is a gift to all of us who are a little peeved and disheartened by the wait, because in its pages, we discover we?re not alone.Margot Starbuck, author of Small Things with Great LoveTricia?s ability to simultaneously strike and soothe the human heart is nothing short of extraordinary. I wasn?t particularly struggling with impatience when I turned to the first page ofJust. You. Wait.?or so I thought. But I needed this book. With raw authenticity and quirky humor, Tricia avoids offering trite answers to unanswerable heartaches and instead shares quiet, poignant insights that make you suck in your breath deeply?and ponder and wrestle and shift. As I face my own season of waiting, with patience and hope sorely lacking in my own soul, I am grateful for the gift of Tricia, who has gone before me and paved the way. I am not the same for having read these pages.September Vaudrey, author of Colors of GoodbyeTricia Lott Williford has created something special here, something true. If you have ever been in a difficult waiting season or are walking with someone through a painful life stage, you will find a soul companion here. With her signature humor (yes, testicles are mentioned more than once) and vulnerability,Just. You. Wait. is not a how-to book or a book of trite answers?as we see so often from books in these categories. Instead, Lott Williford holds raw courage in one hand and real heartbreak in the other, while offering it all as a gift to the reader. Unwrap this gift, reader. You will be grateful you did.Aubrey Sampson, author of The Louder Song and OvercomerModern Western culture, with its blurring advances, has tried to jettison our need to wait for anything. That?s why this book is so important. By bringing us into her own family?s story, Tricia Lott Williford reminds us that waiting is a good thing. With candidness and humor,Just. You. Wait. points the way to the many hidden treasures that lie ahead for those who embrace a lifestyle of patience, hardy laughter, and stubborn hope.Jason Hague, author of Aching JoyReading Tricia?s writing is like sharing a cup of coffee with your best friend or sister?her experiences speak wisdom into your own. Waiting is a natural part of life, but it?s one that we don?t like. We pretend that it doesn?t exist?but it does, and we must be ready for it. InJust. You. Wait., Tricia beautifully and winsomely shows us the value in waiting.Catherine McNiel, author of Long Days of Small Things