Patient Anticipation...

I'm sitting in my wife's hospital room waiting to meet my daughter for the first time. I've finally embraced the idea that I'm going to have a little girl. It does not really matter at this point... she's coming whether I'm ready or not.

I feel God urging me to trust Him. I feel His Spirit quietly nudging me to believe His promises. He will not leave me nor forsake me. All of the things that I pray for and ask for, believe that I have receive them and they will be granted. This is great stuff, but I'm scared. My wife's life was in danger when we had our first child. I'm scared that we're going to have problems again. I can't imagine life without her, especially with a new baby. She has become such a part of me. But His lovingkindness stretches to the heavens, and His faithfulness reaches to the skies.

I so desperately want to have joy in this exciting time. I pray that God would grant me that joy now.