As you can see, the creek did rise and I would have to assume the Lord wasn't willing! No baby yet. With the rains that we have had over the past several days, the creek was bound to rise.
But alas! The rains stopped, the sun was shining, and at precisely 1:48am, the Vernal Equinox pushed Winter into the history books forever! So, if ever a day brought with it the hope of new life, it would have to be today. At least it would be if it weren't for one thing. In just a few days we will be celebrating THE day that truly offers the ONLY hope of new life......Easter!
Yes, Easter. The day that our Lord walked authoritatively out of a borrowed tomb. Beaten, mocked, crushed under the weight of the cross that would eventually become His mode of execution, spat upon, His mother watched helplessly and His Father Forsook Him. He was counted out once and for all.
The beauty of this tragic story is that His Father not only embraces Him now, but because of Jesus' great sacrifice, He embraces us as well! Just as He has gone from a state of death and seeming helplessness, so do we. His victory over death is our victory also. His life offered up becomes ours. He is definitley not out for the count, He is risen victoriously. Now that is a day of hope and new life!
I have given up on my trying to figure out when our new daughter will come, and just thank God that it is in His time and not mine. He has it all figured out. He is in control.
Carley and I went for a little walk this evening before dinner. We went down to the river to see just how much it has gone down in a short time. Carley must have seen something that cought her attention. She looked with the kind of excitement that only a child can. It was written all over her face. She discovered something on this first day of Spring that had her wide-eyed. So, even though the excitement of new things is in the air today, and no matter when the baby is born, there is always the hope of Easter. For that, I am thankful. For that I am secure.
For now we wait on the gift of the addition to our family. But we do it with the peace of knowing that the greatest gift of life we could ever hope for is ours even now. Who knows? Maybe tomorrow, maybe not. Either way, we already have the greatest gift God could give. Everything else is icing on the cake.
Here is that picture of Carley. I hope you enjoy it and have that kind of wide-eyed awe of the gift that is Easter for yourself! Blessings.
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