Psalm 130:5 (NRSV) My soul waits for the LORD, more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.
Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, arguably the greatest of all plays in the genre of the Theater of the Absurd, is about two assumed homeless men hanging around to meet Godot—someone who never shows up, or as the character of the “boy” tells them, “Godot will be here tomorrow.” Yet while tomorrow may come, Godot will not. And who is Godot in this tragicomedy of Beckett’s? Some say God. Some say Godot is anything that causes us to wait and not take action.
Years ago, psychotherapist Colette Dowling came up with the theory of the Cinderella Complex, in which we wait for our prince to come and take us away from our miserable real lives. I used to tell my students that their prince/princess died, and they should get up and make things happen for themselves.
I have never experienced despair waiting for the Lord—for the Word. I most often experience grace and peace. Although I don’t wait well, when I do take time to wait, to take a deep breath and to be in God’s presence, I am blessed beyond words.
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