Day 27: The Waiting God

"And therefore the Lord [earnestly] waits [expecting, looking, and longing] to be gracious to you; and therefore He lifts Himself up, that He may have mercy on you and show loving-kindness to you. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are all those who [earnestly] wait for Him, who expect and look and long for Him [for his victory]." Isaiah 30:18

Simplified: God waits for US! You and me!  THE Creator of all waits for us to respond to His love and to turn to Him for help.  How stinking cool is that?!?!

"Our blessings from God are not a result of our goodness. They are the result of God's goodness." (Meyers, pg. 93).

Prayer:
"Gracious and loving God, thank You for being willing to bless me.  Even though the devil tries to make me feel undeserving, please remind me that I am Your child and You are my Father. My relationship to You makes me deserving, and I thank You for that in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen"

********* My Thoughts ************
On the eve of my anniversary, I think back to the time before God brought Ted and I together.

Imagine a 20 year old who just joined the Army and whose parents were going through a divorce.

Young. Rebellious. Not a care in the World.  With a Pierced Belly Button. (how I miss that ring and the flat belly it went into)

This is me on my 20th B-day.  I'm bummed you can't see the shoes. They were black and white checkered platform sandals.

Boys were something that always seemed to be at the top of my importance list.  But I found that I changed myself to match the guy.  I didn't know who I really was and who that dream guy truly was for me.

When I met Ted, I was actually engaged to someone else and was trying to hook him up with my sister.

I can remember the night like it was yesterday...

We were in the Club on Camp Zama, Japan.  It was Ted's promotion party and to say he was drunk is a bit of an understatement.  We played darts and I was flirting big time the man with the cowboy boots and hat who closed the bar down with me while dancing to the YMCA.

Because we lived just down the hall from each other, he walked me home, gave me a hug and told me that he was going to call his dad.  That night, when I went to bed, I knew that God brought Ted into my life for a reason.

The next day we went to a barbecue with some friends and talked and I ended up falling asleep with his arm around me watching a movie.  After that, we were inseparable.

Here we are about a month after we met climbing MT Fuji.

We knew that God made us for each other right away.  Our dating relationship was short. 

Met in June, engaged in October, married in March.

And now, 12 years after that sunny early March day when I promised my life to one man, I can't imagine being with anyone else.

God knew what He was doing when He brought us together.  Everyday He blesses me with another day with the man who surpassed any dream I could have had in "the perfect" guy. 

I am not perfect.  Ted is not perfect.  We are, however, perfect together.

Happy Anniversary my love.