I Don't Want Kisses!

After work and a trip to the store yesterday, I came home to lie on my couch. Of course, Sadie wanted in on the action as well. She jumped up on the couch and assumed her "cuddle" position. So I was petting her and loving on her. I kept trying to get her to lie down and she was so excited I was home from work she wouldn't listen to me. She just kept licking me face. While it was really cute and sweet, it was getting a little annoying and in my brewing frustration, I blurted out:

"Stop, I don't want kisses - I want obedience!"

Do you think the Lord feels that way about me sometimes?

A Child is Born

I'm not gonna lie. This has been hard. For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to have kids. I love children. I always have and probably always will. So, sitting in that small exam room at Dr. Lawler's office, it came as quite a shock to hear him say we may never have children of our own. Endometriosis, it seems, significantly decreases the likelihood of conceiving. They don't know why.

The weeks since that appointment have been a twist of confusion, depression, anger, regret, and just plain sadness. I would love to say that I'm coming out of it - I doubt that I am. It's just too soon. But mid-twist something has struck me.

A week and a half after we got the news, I found myself sitting in an even-more-cramped conference room for the last weekly staff meeting of our new Chi Alpha group here in Huntsville. Mary read a passage of Scripture out of Isaiah and these words bounced hard off the walls of my mind:

...UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN...