More Spring Thoughts

Last time I wrote about spring and new things to come. Today I am writing about waiting! We wait for warm temperatures, grass to turn green, flowers to bloom, seeds to germinate, and for me--school to be out. I enjoy that time when I can plan my own days and have time to do things I want to do.Those things are usually cleaning and organizing, but still, it doesn't seem like work when you are the one instigating it.
However, it gets me thinking about what I want in life, and what I am really waiting for. I am 57 years old, and still waiting. What is it I want God to bring about in my life? What is it that He has for me that is not fulfilled yet? Just what is it that I am really waiting for, and is it even something that will be realized on this earth?
Those questions cannot be answered by me. I just continue to seek Him, and obey Him day by day. I have had some victories in the past few years...for example--the deep-seated insecurity I lived with is abating. I am more confident to go into a crowd, and hold my head high, rather than thinking about my failures and what I am "not." Some of my past failures weren't even caused by me, but by someone else's sin, so why have I allowed those things to affect who I am for so long?
Even though I am still waiting on the Lord to bring some things to pass in my life, my focus needs to be on what God wants me to do in His power. So I continue to have hope, impart hope to others, knit the family together, make my home a place of refuge for my husband and family, be joyful, and WAIT. It is not over and many good things are yet to come this side of heaven.

Spring Fever

No matter how old I get, I can still experience spring fever! It is a feeling of wanting "new" in my life....making changes, seeing the dawn instead of the dark, and experiencing hope of new things to come, rather than the sameness of winter and work.

This spring has been a special spring because of  our baby news. We knew Chelsea was expecting, but on Friday, March 13, we found out she is expecting TWINS!....a boy AND a girl. I am so excited I could burst. For the past week I have felt a calmness and a peace that is coming to our family with these new lives. I have been a grandmother for seven and a half years, and am grandmother to four (his & mine!) but these two are "closing the deal" on my experience in being a grandmother. It is the difference between being new and seasoned. I will have to step up my game!

This news is causing me to nest--as a grandmother. I will have to be more organized and streamlined than ever to handle bigger family dinners, holidays, and balancing work, home, and relationships. It is also a realization that life is not practice, but time is ticking by and I need to make the most of each day and the time I have been given.

Lord, is there a Grandmother's Prayer? Make me more gentle, more patient, more giving, more humble, more alive, and more aware. Be with me and our family as we venture into this new territory and new season.

Spring always comes. It is always a season of expectancy and new life. It is our hope in the resurrected life. Jesus, it is all because of you! 💐🐣⛪️