I heard this Dusty Springfield song this morning called,"Wishing & Hoping", which starts off with the lyrics, "Wishing and hoping and thinking and praying." I was shocked at how the first line of that song struck me to the core. Why you may ask.....well let me tell you.
Wishing~ As kids we wish upon shooting stars, and we make many birthday wishes, but what happens when we make it to adulthood? I know for a good part of my adulthood I stopped wishing and did more doing. As a a kid you believe that miracles can happen to you and somehow as we grow up we lose a lot of belief that miracles can happen. Take a moment to be a kid again. I don't mean close your eyes and wish for a pony, but I do mean believe in the fact that we can have dreams and they do come true! Case and point I married the love of my life and we are about to have our first child!
Hoping~ My wife will tell you, I am not a very hopeful person all the time. She says the glass is half full and I say half empty. She says the sun will come up tomorrow(or maybe that was Annie) and I say no it will rain on our parade forever. But, one line of Scripture changed my life. Romans 5:5, "...Hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the holy Spirit that has been given to us." It does not disappoint! God does not disappoint! It may not turn out the way we thought, but we all must have is hope!
Thinking~ I think way too much! I know a lot of us do, but I really do. When my wife felt her first braxton-hix contraction, I freaked out! I was thinking at 100 mph. I was packing the bag, pulling up the car....heck I was ready to steal some older persons wheelchair plop my wife into it and go to the hospital, and that is why I shouldn't think. Well maybe that is overdoing it but that is why I should think about things that matter and not waste all my time thinking about things that I can't change!
Praying~ I talk a lot about prayer and in my job I am constantly telling people to pray, but how often do I stop and actually pray? The truth- not as often as I should! I should take some of my own advice and realize that you should never talk more about Jesus than you do to Jesus!
All that said I really wish, hope, think, and pray that our baby comes into the world very soon! Please join me in doing the same.
