Ever felt stuck in a season of waiting—and wondered why it’s taking so long?
In this powerful episode of Holly’s Highlights podcast, I'll share a personal, unexpected story that turned a routine errand into a deep reflection on how God works in our waiting seasons. From delayed prescriptions to divine lessons, this episode dives into what it truly means to be still, patient, and present when life doesn’t go as planned.
You’ll discover:
- 💡 3 Biblical truths about waiting that can transform your mindset
- 🔥 Why delays may actually be divine preparation
- 🙏 How to use waiting as a time of growth, strength, and spiritual clarity
- 💬 Encouraging scriptures and quotes from Isaiah, Psalms, and Exodus
- ✅ Practical ways to reframe frustrating moments—like traffic, job delays, or unanswered prayers
Whether you're waiting on a job, a relationship, healing, or a long-awaited breakthrough, this episode will encourage you to see that the pause has a purpose. 💫
💌 What’s your waiting room right now?
Holly wants to hear from you! Share your story at hello@hollycurby.com or on Instagram (@hollycurby) and Facebook (@HollysHighlights).
🎙️ Don’t forget to subscribe, share, and leave a review—and tag a friend who’s in a waiting season.
Visit www.hollycurby.com for more information and to sign up for the monthly Holly's Happenings e-newsletter. Holly's Highlights podcast and the opinions and ideas shared within it are for entertainment purposes only. The advice should be confirmed with a qualified professional.
Episode Transcript
Hi friends, welcome to Holly's Highlights, a podcast
designed to encourage, inspire,and equip you to intentionally
live your life full of purpose.
I'm your host, Holly Kirby,motivational speaker, leadership
cultivator, marketingstrategist, and personal
cheerleader.
Let's check out today'shighlight.
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I can't believe it's been fiveincredible years of laughs, deep
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Hey friends, welcome back toHolly's Highlights.
I am so glad you're here.
So let me start today with aquestion.
Have you ever had one of thosedays where you just thought,
this will just take a fewminutes?
And then suddenly it's hourslater, and you're wondering
where your day went.
Yeah, that was me recently.
Let me tell you what happened.
I needed to pick up a simpleprescription for my vet.
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I called ahead, I thought I'djust run in real quickly, maybe
two minutes tops, grab it and beout before closing.
Easy, right?
Except it wasn't.
I got caught up with otherthings, and I ended up arriving
right after closing time.
I was too late.
And instead of just grabbing theprescription and heading home, I
then had to drive to theemergency vet hospital across
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town to get the refill.
Now here's where it reallyspirals.
I walk in expecting it to bequick.
After all, this is just arefill, and they were the ones
to originally prescribe it.
But as they checked me in andjust said, it'll just be a few
minutes, those seem to be theirfamous last words.
I ended up waiting in that vethospital for well over two full
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hours.
Over two hours just for a couplebottles of pills.
And let me tell you, I wentthrough all the emotions.
Frustration, annoyance,self-blame.
I kept thinking if I had onlyleft 15 minutes earlier, I had
things to do, dinner to make,emails to send, my son to pick
up from an event, and a millionother little things tugging at
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me.
But then something happened.
I sat there, quiet, still, andit hit me.
This is life.
We think we're in control.
We think we're on schedule.
And then suddenly we're waiting.
And more often than not, thosewaiting times, they're the
moments when God is trying toteach us something.
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So let's talk about waiting.
Did you know that a Timex surveyshows that the average person
spends about six months of theirlife waiting in line and over
two years on hold with customerservice?
Two years.
Waiting is part of the humanexperience.
And yet it's something we alltry to avoid.
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We distract ourselves, rushahead, we even get angry when
life hits the brakes.
But what if waiting wasn't awaste?
What if it was actually doingsomething?
Well, today I want to walkthrough those three truths about
waiting that just might changehow we see it.
The first one, waiting revealsour character.
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Let's be honest, most of usdon't like who we become in
waiting rooms, whether it's intraffic, at the DMV, or even
waiting on a dream to come true.
We tend to get impatient andeven short-tempered, even
bitter.
But here's the thing (04:58):
waiting reveals what's already inside
us.
Our small frustrations intraffic might actually mirror
how we handle the bigger delaysin life.
Are we quick to complain?
Do we default to control mode,trying to force things?
Or can we sit in the pause andtrust that something good is
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being worked out?
As Aristotle once said, patienceis bitter, but its fruit is
sweet.
And Leo Tolstoy, the two mostpowerful warriors are patience
and time.
And of course, the scripturesays, Isaiah 40, 31, but they
that wait upon the Lord shallrenew their strength, they shall
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mount up with wings as eagles,they shall run and not be weary,
they shall walk and not faint.
Waiting isn't weakness, it'srefining.
Number two, waiting buildsstrength.
Think about how muscles grow.
They don't grow when we'recomfortable sitting there on the
couch all kicked back, they growunder resistance.
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The same is true for ourspiritual and emotional muscles.
Waiting stretches us.
But in the stretching, we'realso being strengthened.
There's actual science behindthis too.
Research from psychologists showthat learning to practice
patience doesn't just improveyour relationships, it reduces
stress and it increaseslong-term life satisfaction.
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Pretty wild, right?
So that delay, that season whereit feels like nothing's
happening, it might just be yourtraining ground.
And number three, waitingredirects our focus.
Now, back to my story, sittingin the vet hospital, feeling
helpless and annoyed.
There was literally nothing Icould do to speed up the
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process.
But I realized I could choosewhat I focused on.
I had a couple of choices.
I could sit there scrollingendlessly, numbing the
frustration, okay, until mybattery died in my phone.
Or I could choose to be present.
I could reflect.
I could even pray.
That latter one, that's what Ichose.
I prayed for my dog.
I prayed for my kids, my family,my friends, some coworkers.
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You see, waiting slows us downjust enough to notice what we
usually miss.
The people around us, the quietvoice of God, our own thoughts
and hearts.
Psalms 46, 10 says, Be still andknow that I am God.
Stillness doesn't comenaturally, but when life makes
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us wait, it's often aninvitation to rediscover it.
So here's the question I want toask you today.
What's your waiting room rightnow?
Maybe it's a a job you'veapplied for, but you haven't
heard back.
Maybe it's a relationship thathasn't quite come together.
Maybe it's a prayer that feelslike it's hanging in the air
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unanswered.
What if, just what if, thiswaiting season, it's not
punishment.
What if it's preparation?
So let's look at three simpleways to reframe the next time
we're feeling stuck waiting.
First off, ask, what is thismoment teaching me?
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So instead of the frustration,choose curiosity.
Two, equip yourself for thewait.
Carry a small journal, save ascripture card in your wallet,
download a podcast episodeyou've been meaning to listen
to.
Um, Holly's Highlights podcast,perhaps.
But use that time for somethingthat feeds your soul.
I actually keep a book on handin the car, in my work bag, in
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the hospital go bag, you nameit.
I have a book there.
And then three, don't waste thewaiting.
Use it.
Growth doesn't come from speed,it comes from presence.
So be present in the pause.
Now, as we wrap up, let me askyou again: what's one waiting
room that you're in right now?
And I'd love to hear from you.
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Send me a message at hello athollykirby.com or drop a comment
on the post promoting thisepisode on Facebook, which is at
Holly's Highlights, or onInstagram, which is at Holly
Kirby.
What is your waiting seasonteaching you?
And remember, Exodus 14, 14, theLord will fight for you.
You only need to be still.
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Friend, don't despise thewaiting rooms of life.
They're not wasted.
They're where purpose is forged.
Thanks for spending theseminutes with me today.
If this encouraged you, share itwith a friend who just might be
in their own waiting room rightnow.
Until next time, stay faithful,stay present, and trust that God
is at work in your paws.
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Thank you for joining me on thisjourney of life.
I hope that today's highlighthas been encouraging, inspiring,
and equipping so you can go outand live your life full of
purpose.
I'd be honored if you'd take amoment to leave a review, or
better yet, subscribe.
We can also stay in touch byjoining my email list at
hollykirby.com.
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That's H O L L Y C U R B Y dotcom.
Until next time, make it a greatday for a great day.
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