Suddenly, It's Almost Time....

Ever had to wait for something?

The fun stuff is a different wait then 

the wait for the not-so-fun stuff.

But none-the-less, 

both are a period of waiting...

Ever had to wait 

so long that you began to wonder if it was ever gonna' come?

Ya' know how it is...

I can remember when I was about thirteen waiting and waiting 

for our annual Grace Baptist Church youth group 

Christmas formal dinner....

and the night before we wouldn't sleep a wink...my friend and I whispering into the wee hours, wondering aloud if those two special boys we liked would be there and giggling at that thought of either of them being brave enough to talk to us

 {yeah, I know, times have changed, but that's how

 it was back in the old days - it was a big deal at fourteen

for the boy you liked to smile at you,

 and if he talked to you? Me-oh-my!}

and then it would finally be 'the night' filled with butterflies and nervous glances and suddenly what took f.o.r.e.v.e.r. to come without warning would be gone in what seemed like seconds,  leaving us all to gaze at our bedroom calendars in an effort to wish the days away till the following Grace Baptist Youth Group Christmas formal dinner the next year....

or

we can remember waiting for Tyler's referral 

from Korea a bazillion years ago....

and then all of a sudden he was in our arms and we glanced away in what seemed like only a few minutes and turned back around and he was standing at the bottom of the aisle waiting for his beautiful bride and our treasured daughter-in-love.....

or

that not-so-fun wait when Abi had cholic so bad that 

I wondered if she would ever outgrow it....

and in no time, without any warning Miss Abigail 

was cruisin' around the 

furniture bossin' me, I mean, the dog around..

then, I turned around and she was married and bringing home our first grandson, a treasure from Uganda......

All the times of waiting and waiting and waiting

and waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting some more...

{and an entire year - or even years pass by}

different kinds of waiting....

but the same feelings and often the 

same sorta-kinda' emotions:

When Will It Ever Happen?

Well that man of mine and I have been waiting....

waiting on something the Lord whispered to us....

something that for a year plus has had us on our knees in prayer, intercession and fasting so that we would hear Him accurately...

A dream only planted by Almighty God - 

after waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting

and 

suddenly, 

without really much warning 

it's time....

time to begin to share the news...

and I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight...