Patient Waiting by Pamela Macquade

I have a devotional book by Pamela Macquade, and I came across this devotional the other day. I think this is quite appropriate for not just myself, but other people that I know right now too.
"The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him"
Lamentations 3:25
"None of us gets every expectation fulfilled by God in a moment. All of us wait on Him at time that may seem painful or inconvenient to us. But as we're waiting, do we understand that this, too, can be God's goodness?
Waiting to find a mate can be difficult - I know that from experience (me too). But I decided that marrying the right person - God's person - was better than suffering through a divorce with the wrong person. And wait I did. How long? Let's just put it this way: anyone who feels that waiting until 25 to marry is too long just hasn't begun to wait, if that's God's will.
As the yeas went by, I was tempted to think I'd done something wrong. I wondered if I had some huge character flaw that no one was willing to share with me. One older friend asked if all the men in my state were blind. Still I waited, patiently praying, seeking to obey God's will for my work and spiritual life. When my social life seemed empty, I still hung on.
Finally, about the time I decided no one was coming, I met my husband, who had also been faithfully waiting. We didn't marry at the usual age but in God's perfect timing. Many problems that might have endangered our relationship, if we'd married earlier, had already been dealt with. God has been good to us, though we hadn't understood it all those years.
If you too, are waiting on God's timing, do so patiently. Trust that it's all for your good, and you'll find, in the end, that it was. "

I found that devotional to be extremely encouraging when i read it over the other night.
I know for me, waiting to find my mate is not the only thing i've been waiting to occur: finishing school, finding a proper job, returning to Winnipeg in September and then a year from now possibly being able to leave Winnipeg due to the fact I'll be done Uni, wanting to return to England and not knowing when this will occur. All of this could be extremely dissapointing and frustrating if I choose to focus in on the negative of each aspect instead of focusing on the positive of what can happen as I finish each one off. God has me in each situation and time period for a reason. I have to not look at is as a "holding cell" while I wait for God to show me what is next. I need to see this as what God has for me to do here and now and patiently wait for what He wants for me to learn and grow in next. It's not always easy, but being challenged to trust and willing to be where God needs and wants you to be (even when you don't want to be) in the long run is an extremely rewarding thing.

Hang in there everyone. Praying for you and love you all loads!!!