You Are My All In All!

Another picture by my boy! :)

Music: Nicole Nordeman - You Are My All In All

*A special thanks to my dear friend, Rachel, who gave me my smiley

emoticons! She knows I can't express myself without them!

I love you, Rachel!*

Hi there, my dear friends and family!

It's 10: something and Husband and I have just returned from yet another date night. We've run away together the last three nights. Now I'm sitting in our bathroom on the edge of our soaker tub, warming my feet and legs in a tubful of hot water. Bliss! I do this when I get chilly and can't warm up. hehe!

So, what's going on with me....

Well, in a nutshell, I'm doing a lot of praying and trusting... and waiting. Ugh, I hate the waiting!! I (and of course I mean 'we', as in Husband and me) am so in 'waiting on the Lord mode' right now for so MANY things in so MANY areas, and let me tell you, I'm feeling the spiritual stretching (and, again, when I say 'I', what I really mean is 'we', hehe!). I'm just waaaaaaiting!

"Hey, Lord.... Hello....? You comin' through already, or what?"

Okay, I know He's going to do great things. And 'HE' knows that 'I' know He's aaaalways faithful.... Truly, it's just a matter of time. Ugh, time!

God is so good. He answers every single prayer, and He's such a blesser. I know that whatever He has up His sleeve is going to be good. I've been able to sing His praises every day of my entire life. He's always, always faithful! He may not do things exactly how 'I' imagine He will, and His timing baffles me... But He's never let us down, and He's always blessed us better than we could ever bless ourselves.

Husband and I were talking over dinner tonight about how in the past, there've been other times when our list of needs, both spiritual and tangible, has gotten crazy-long. Praise the Lord, life is not normally this way. But in those times, we've had to wait until we felt we couldn't stand it a minute longer. And then all of a sudden.... Behold, He comes! And we rejoice in His constant faithfulness.

"God, you never cease to amaze me! There's no one like you! You are truly a dream Daddy. My mind flies away at your power, your love, your awesomeness, your perfection. What a combination!"

And while I wait on Him, my heart is so full of His beautiful presence, He takes my breath away and my eyes fill with tears when I connect to Him.

"I'd go anywhere with you, Lord. As long as there's no separation between you and me, nothing else really matters. You 'are' my next breath."

So here we are, blessed beyond measure, and with the through-and-through knowledge that as long as God is holding us close, nothing else 'really' matters. We'll still pray, and we'll ask, and we'll seek, but in the end, God IS our joy. He IS our peace. He IS our hope. Oh, goodness... We are so blessed in His presence!!