the waiting room

All of you have been in a waiting room of sorts. Perhaps physically waiting in one to see a doctor or a specialist, perhaps figuratively speaking, waiting for answers. My wife and I hoped so badly for children, we're told that it would be unlikely and then ended up having two. That wait was about 4 years. We thought we had a given it over to God but it wasn't until we actually did that we had our son. The journey took us through a miscarriage, searching our hearts if we should adopt and so forth. Professionally I have pursued jobs only to wait and wait, usually until God prepared my heart for what he wanted for me. I have waited in waiting rooms anxiously awaiting doctors news many times both for me and for my wife who had flesh eating disease. These waits have never been easy. Hearts race and anxiety is high. Recently I have been reading about how God works in us and how he uses the waiting room to mold and make us. We think we are ready but he wants us to be ready for his purposes. We think he isn"t doing anything but scripture says in John 5:17  In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.” and in Roman's 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." And in Isaiah 40:31 but those who hope in the Lord
    will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
    they will run and not grow weary,
    they will walk and not be faint.