A few weeks ago, my wife Renee, called me into our bedroom. She had news. I could see that but had no guess. She had something in her hand. Something I hadn't seen in a long time. It was a home pregnancy test and yep - you guessed it - it was positive. Her hand was shaking. My heart stopped beating. What the? Long story short, we got a baby on board.
For the first week or so I was in a state of shock. To be quite honest, I freaked out. I'm no spring chicken you know and initially all I could think about was worse case scenarios. Until Renee gave me that news, I thought I had the rest of my life all mapped out.
I wonder if that is how Mary felt when the Angel announced to her the plan of God for her life. I wonder if she didn't feel as I did and wrestle at least a little with the "Yeah but I....."
It's funny isn't it, how so many of us desire and seek the favor of God and yet the favor of God can be a frightening thing. When the Angel showed up on Mary's door, the first thing he said to her was that she was "favored" of God. But God's favor was about to take her down a road that she never dreamed she would be on.
Crazy as it sounds, the Christmas story of 2009, which happens to be my 45th Christmas, is helping me understand God's favor in a whole new light.
The favor of God can be a frightening thing. Frightening in the sense that you can't anticipate the future... but when it's all said and done, there is no future like the future that reflects God's favor.
3 comments:
I am so incredibly happy for you guys.
You're right.... we'll never have a way of knowing exactly what our future will look like and I think that's a good thing :). Life is full of surprises isn't it?
Is this the same Todd Matchett I knew at WPA? Looks as though God has healed you of your computer-phobia. ;)
Good to see you are blogging.
Be BLESSED!
Congratulations! When are you guys coming to Phoenix?
J
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