WAITING AND THANKFUL

My wife is pregnant.

My wife is 4 days past her due date.

My patience is lessening. Her patience is lessening.

I mean...COME ON ALREADY!!!!

It's crazy how life can feel like it's on hold during a time of waiting for your new child to arrive. Like, being  a Pastor at a church, there are a lot of things throughout the week to be responsible for, but when the baby decides to come I drop everything; SO....do I not plan a lot this week, which I didn't, but the baby hasn't come yet; SO...do I start getting stuff done for next week, but what if the baby doesn't come then...AND what if the baby comes right before something really important, like Sunday morning; AND WHAT IF THE BABY JUST NEVER COMES!!!

Haha...See what my brain has been like lately?

But, above all of those anxieties and thoughts, I am thankful for the hope that I have in Jesus. I am thankful that His ways are not my ways. I am thankful that the Lord knows my new child, what he/she needs, and when the perfect timing to send her into our world is, far better than I do.

Also, waiting for baby #2 has made me thankful for baby #1. It has been an incredible (almost) two years with my little girl, Reese. And lately, I have grown to love her more and more as I see her personality more and more.  She is hilarious! She is such a beautiful, energetic, personable little girl, and I cannot wait to see how she will be used for the glory of the Lord someday!

It is hard to imagine having another kid, and loving it as much as I love Reese. I mean she is all I know, and she's had all my wife and my attention for the past 2 years! But, I'm confident that the Lord is only giving us another blessing that will only make our family better, grow us closer together, and make us more of a force for the Kingdom of God!

As I wait, I am thankful for what God has given me in baby #1. He could not have been better to us! My prayer for Reese is that the Lord would truly break into her life at a young age, open her eyes to her sinful, rotten, prideful self, break her of that sin, lavish His love upon her, and allow her sweet personality to not just come from an outward appearance, but to stem from an inward love for Jesus.

God is faithful. God is God. God is good.