How long are you willing to wait?
One of the things I noticed on a trip to Denver was the large billboards on the highway that gave the current wait times at local hospital emergency rooms. This way, when you read the sign and wander into the next lane, you know how long you will have to wait to treat your broken neck. It is actually a big deal – the average wait time in national emergency rooms was as high as a four hours and seven minutes in 2009.
How long would you wait to rub elbows with Mickey Mouse while sipping martinis in the most magical place on earth? Disneyland’s exclusive Club 33 has a wait list as long as 14 years. This is only slightly longer than the line for Splash Mountain in the summer.
The most dedicated waiters must be Green Bay Packer fans. Started in 1960, the Packers’ wait list for season tickets has grown to 96,000 names. The average wait time — 956 years. That may be an exaggeration because another website lists it as only 100 years. The New York Giants waiting list has 135,000 names, but they won’t even give a guess as to how long you will have to wait.
There are more important things than football tickets. In the time of Jesus, a man named Simeon and a woman named Anna spent their whole lives waiting for the Messiah. How dedicated are you to seeking God’s will in your life?
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Adapted from “The Longest Wait Times In The World,” Verizon FiOS BuzzFeed Partner, June 29, 2012; < http://www.buzzfeed.com/verizonfios/the-longest-wait-times-in-the-world-6gye >.