Waiting

I love the old song, "the Lord is good, the Lord is good...and blessed is the man, who puts his trust in Him." What a wonderful promise to rest in! These past few months have been ones of waiting. Mostly waiting on things to happen with Tom's job. But we have also been waiting to look at houses to buy until we find out what will happen. It has been hard to be patient and wait. Especially when life seems like it is on hold. Tom is much better at it than I. I have much to learn from him when it comes to this. Although I am happy with my life and where we live, I want to see what will happen, I'm impatient for the change to happen!

But to rest in God's promises is a freeing thing that I must relinquish the desire for control! Scripture encourages us to "trust in the Lord with all of your heart, lean not on your own understanding, in all of your ways, acknowledge Him, and he will make your paths straight." (Prov. 3:4,5) God's plan is so much better than mine could ever be!

Thankfully, things have been busy in our home, which keeps my mind off thinking about the "what ifs." Tom returned home from his trip with all kinds of stories of adventures and a promise to take us on his next trip. :) I have been enjoying getting outside and about with Kira. Last week was the first time I took her out to a park and although she can't walk yet, she enjoys being in the baby swing and being outside. We have now been to a park 5 times together and it has been fun for me to start doing things outside the home with her. I also enrolled her in a "mother goose story time" at our local free library. It is specifically for children ages 6-24 months and the woman who runs it not only reads baby books but also sings and has the mothers place their babies in their laps to imitate her while she is singing and acting out the nursery rhymes.

Some more highlights from last week:

Went to visit my sister AMY last week at her place of work, a recreation center. This place was HUGE and I had a great time as always being with my wonderful family. Amy even held Kira in the pool for a little bit which was neat. Unfortunately, she couldn't stay in long b/c her skin is very sensitive to chemicals she started to have a reaction to the chlorine. Mom helped me rinse her off in the shower and she seemed a little better after that.

Have been blessed in addition to all this with the opportunity to rekindle an old friendship recently with a girl my age who has two small children. Had a fun "playdate" with herv on Friday and spent lunch at her house visiting and chatting.

I leave you with one more thought...

Psalms 37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
7a Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: