Catching up

So, for those of you who actually read this blog, you might notice that it's been a while since my last post. The reason is simple. It isn't that I don't care anymore or that I don't enjoy writing. The fact of the matter is that Sarah moved the computer into the front office and I am never in the front office. So, the computer is out of sight. Naturally, that makes it out of mind. I can't get the blog at work now either. I guess the man is on to me!

Well, a lot has happened around me in that past month. I can't say that it has happened to me, as nothing really is going on with me. There has been a lot of shake up around me though. My wife is pregnant with our third child. This is even more significant than normal because it is our post-vasectomy reversal baby. Yea, not once, but twice did I prove my devotion to myself. Don't worry, though. I'm not devoted enough for to go for the hat trick.

Also, Capt America and his wife found out they were expecting their first child. Good for them! Then, Capt America's travel agent got it all screwed up. She got confused and sent him to Afghanistan instead of Acapulco. Oh well, honest mistake. It's only for a few months, so I'm sure he'll get over it. Mrs. Capt America, on the other hand, might not. My son turned 3 on Easter. That will make you feel old when your second child hits the big 3. Even worse is when you find yourself actually chanting in a restaurant, "You went big boy potty! You went big boy potty!" Yea, as disturbing in real life as it is in your head.

So that's what has happened around me. Not much to me. Still plugging away at the new job and trying to accept my inevitable career in the Marine Corps.

I picked up my guitar today and started fiddling with a new song. I found a cool tune and started mumbling whatever words came to mind, if any. That's kind of how I do it. I find a cool rhythm and just hum along until some words come to mind. I keep playing until the words form a song and I have to stop and write them down before they escape me. Well, tonight, not much came in the form a verse, but a chorus kind of settled in. It went like this:

Wait.
Just wait.
Hold onto the faith I've given to you.
Wait.
Just wait.
Hold on My hand; I'll carry you through
Wait.

I don't know if anything will come of it, but I sure felt a peace after playing for a little while. Peace knowing that God can and will come through in whatever it is than I'm fearing He won't. We just have to wait. Not a faithless, hopeless, pessimistic waiting. No, that would be no good. We need to wait expectantly, knowing that God is bound by nothing, and nothing will keep Him for unfolding His plan for those who wait eagerly for Him.

"Be still and know that I am God."
"Cease your striving and know that I am God." -Psalm 46:10