Wait and See

I think flying time is a great time to pray. The hum of the plane drowns out most of the background noise and I can focus on something other than a two year old, ringing phones, blackberry messages, or TV. Ah, peace.

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On my trip to Minnesota this week, I prayed going both ways for the short one-hour flight. On the way up, I prayed through my "usual" list of things that God and I like to talk about. On the way back, I prayed for healing for my silly body. Total health! But it was the prayers on the way up that got me scratching my head this week.

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I was praying for a Godly man for Seth and me. My husband and his daddy. Not a new prayer. As I was praying, I felt like God was saying that he (my hubby) is coming and soon. Hmm. That's strange, I thought. Probably just my mind getting in the way of hearing the Lord. I prayed on but the moment didn't pass. Instead, it got stronger. So I asked God, "Why do I feel like you're telling me that my husband is coming?". And I waited. Just like that night two months ago when God sent a flashing neon sign (not literally) to get me into Seth's room to pray for him, God said to me: "Wait and see". What Lord? "Wait and see," He said again.

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Oooh that made me excited. :) I have no real idea what it means -- it's not as if He said, "Yes, he's coming soon and it will be this year and his name will be ___." [That would be nice, eh?] And I have precisely zero prospects on the horizon. But we worship a big God who can do anything! So I felt myself get a little excited. Do I know him already? Will I meet him tomorrow? Will we like each other immediately? Where does he live? What does he look like? So pray with me, if you're led, that this Word wasn't my imagination and that God was making clear His plan for Seth and me: a Godly man to lovingly lead our home. Go God!

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"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." Jer. 29:11-13