It’s been a weird week so far.  My Mac had to go into the shop yesterday.  The “superdrive” (as they call it) crapped out.  I tried to burn a CD last week and found the sound of a weed whacker starting up coming from my little silver baby.  Clearly, not a good noise.  So, for the last 48 hours, I’ve been “workless.”  Quite literally, my entire life is in this machine.  It made fora  very disconnected couple of days.

Then today started like any other for me.  Charlie (our beagle/shepherd) woke me up at 7:30 with his normal, “I need to pee” growl as he jammed his wet nose into my shoulder that was ever so slightly exposed from beneath the covers.  But, this morning, my wonderful, caring wife got up and let him out.  And, she definitely was not cursing me and my dog the whole way down the steps.  I’m sure of it.

Today she got to sleep in a little as we had a scheduled lunch and OB/GYN appointment in Plymouth with our birth couple.  We’ve come to really like this couple.  The fact that it’s a couple is a stand alone type of situation in and of itself.  We are VERY blessed to see this loving, caring family make the decision for a better life for their child.  It speaks volumes to me every time I’m with them as they beam in confidence of what they’re doing for us!

After I gorged myself on Pizza Hut lunch buffet, (cause let’s be honest, it’s just plain awesome) we went to the Dr.’s appointment.  Where we were informed that the Ultrasound Tech from our visit 3 weeks ago had miscalculated the apporiate due date.  We, Angie and I, have been working under the assumption that the boy was coming around Easter.  HA!  The actual due date in June 15.  Here’s what I don’t get:  The birth mom has delivered her other children each 5 weeks early.  So, if you subtract 5 weeks from June 15, that puts us at May 11.  Not April 12.  And, even when we asked the Tech if she really meant April, she assured us she did.

She was wrong.

Bringing us to our drive home.  Needless to say, a quiet one.  It was truly shocking.  Angie asked me what I was feeling.  “A little relief,” I replied, clearly throwing her for a loop.  Honestly, it is a relief.  I was struggling to get every done for Easter.  Now, the stress of the baby won’t be on my plate quite yet.  So, it helps… me.  I could tell that wasn’t what she wanted to hear.  I’m not always the best as asking her the right questions and helping her process through her emotions.  Mine are always right on the surface so it’s pretty easy to get to them.  But, Angie’s more reserved than that.  She balances me well with that.  And, she’s taught me quite a bit of how to be more reserved when I need to be.  She teaches me a lot.

Just last night in our Life Together Group, we had been talking about our prayers and how we process them better.  Angie had shared with the group that she writes them and that helps her the most.  So, this evening after she had her time of working through her thoughts and venting to the LORD with pen and paper.  She noticed something.  She’s been doing a character study of Jesus that Beth Moore put out a year or so ago.  As she wrapped up her writing/prayer time, she noticed that in the journal section of her “Jesus book” she had bled over onto the title page of the next section.  And right behind her prayer were written the words, “Perfect Timing.”

If that’s not the voice of GOD, I don’t know what is.  It’s really something.  At Crosspoint, we’ve been looking at what Jesus RESET in his messages and life for the rest of world.  This last week’s focus on prayer has been ASTOUNDING for me personally.  And last night our group worked through some of how to listen and yield to GOD more.  And, here tonight, without realizing it… through a simple conversation… giving her gut level honesty to GOD, HE spoke.

Some might say it was cooincidence, but I see the Divine in it.