In the Meantime

Just read the blog of one of my children ... saw some new pics of grandkids ... felt some warm tears .........

Life has been very hectic lately. I've felt more stable in the past 2 months than in the past 2 years, partially from staying home, working on overdue projects ... working, working, working.

I know life is as it should be. I'm growing and learning. Listened to my husband chatter with excitement describing his awe at what only God could have orchestrated in his work. Felt some warm tears there too.

Read as my daughter explained how God is building her and her faith, and her joy in the process.

Heard another daughter expound thoughts and feelings about the growth and development of her family.

Am anticipating as the third offspring is waiting, in the doorway of a life-lesson. I'm not the teacher, so I don't know the lesson plan. I do know the Teacher, and I know he is Good.

Lots of waiting. I want to be with them. Hear their thoughts, watch their growth. They are too busy living to give constant reports, and living is about the process, not the reporting.

So I am doing something else in the meantime. And it is good!

I'm watching personal friendships become instruments of my own faith, tools in my own development, lessons in listening and waiting.

I'm appreciating the hope of the second chance, the next sunrise, the rest at day's end.

Think I'm learning the value of waiting! And the unexpected joy!