i know many of you have already walked the road i walked this week and am fixing to share, however, this was my first. our oldest girl attended her first homecoming this week (which she has talked about everyday of october). the week itself was a whirlwind, but nothing like the day of :) it was a day full to the brim with... hurry up... be still... be patient... just wait... hurry up... be still... be patient... just wait... i am not complaining (i wouldn't have missed it), just sharing the facts. it was fun, exciting, challenging, hard work and lots of waiting!
we began early (9:30 a.m.) sat morning with our first stop at being at lil' rosies for a good 'ol mexican bfast quesidilla, then we moved swiftly to the mall for our second stop.... i just watched and smiled :)
then it was off to our third stop which was shoe shopping... (no she didn't wear the boots to homecoming but she did buy them)... of course i had to look around too :)
and of course all good homecoming shopping days include starbucks coffee and cake balls... our fourth stop... take note of the very pink nails :) we enjoyed some sweet conversation...
so our day would be almost over... no just beginning... our fifth stop would be to our 2nd hair salon (Julie saved us, what a God kiss, she did amazing! ) i caught up on email as i waited...
so our 6th stop was home to get the good looks on and then our 7th was to the falls for Lori to take pics:) beautiful day!
Next, our 8th and final stop (for me) was home to serve up a restaurant style candlelight dinner of steak and chix... our wait staff of 3 (me, Kellie and Skyler) were decked out in black and white... our cook hid out and helped eat (hehe)... it is 8:30 p.m. now and time to send them off...
Saturday there were alot of "be still", "be patient" and "wait" moments throughout the day... although at times tiring or even sometimes frustrating they led to an incredible ending. each of them brought deeper meaning to the ending... i wouldn't have wanted to miss any of them!
as i was pondering the evening it brought to mind the words the psalmist penned in Psalms 37:7, he writes, "Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him..." none of those are easy commands... be still, wait or be patient, yet we are told these words again and again in scripture.
i guess saturday i needed to be reminded to enjoy the journey because it leads to a beautiful ending... although not perfect still beautiful. i think once again i had lost sight of that truth in our adoption process. the paperwork still has yet to be signed and we are not sure why, the boys are tired and discouraged with the wait (do you blame them), we have changed our calendar so many times now it is just a chuckle as we scratch the next thing out, the album we prepared for thier homecoming this summer is somewhere in so america, and we are reminded hour by hour how little control we really have :) HOWEVER the journey is still worth it!
God's timing is not mine, but it is PERFECT. God's calendar doesn't roll like mine, but it is PERFECT. God's watch doesn't tick like mine, but it is PERFECT. God's mind doesn't think like mine (stop and thank Him NOW), HIS PLAN IS PERFECT! i don't understand what is going on behind the scenes but He does. so i will just BE STILL before Him and SIT PATIENTLY and WAIT for Him... because the ending is going to be BEAUTIFUL and have such a DEEPER meaning than i even thought possible! LeAnn
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