I would say this delay is two types for me the positive and the negative because there are some persons that waited but yet had nothing,what I would add to it was you need to be prepared while waiting.

A clearly of the Ten virgins in the Bible 5 were prepared for any duration of the meeting but the remaining 5 program wrongly,No linking to your story you were prepared but God wanted you to escape danger.......

Thanks for sharing this with us sir....I remain @ntul001