PREGNANT AND LOVING IT: One week ago today, we shared with all of our Facebook Family and Friends the exciting, heart throbbing news:
"Well folks, it's official, Robyn and I are expecting."
We have been overwhelmed with the inundation of FB posts, FB inbox messages, phone calls, text message logs being jammed, incoming emails,...all delivering Congrats's and varying expressions of shock and awe. The love and shared excitement, without a moment's doubt, simply undeniable.
Many inquiries arrived seeking to clarify and qualify this newly shared Pregnancy, to which we confirmed. We've heard from people in the past seven days, that we've not heard from in multiplied years. We do know, and yes, we are aware that it's hard for some to believe. We confess this morning, that we too, have even had moments when and where our "believing" has been challenged, yet never conquered. Let me explain.
In a very simple, yet profound manner, it occurred to us how so many people have allowed varying life issues to become thieves, robbing them of their future,...a future filled with life changing possibility and probability. Prior to sharing our post last Tuesday, Robyn and I were reminded again, of how another woman, among an innumerable population, received news that she had been chosen to give birth to a son. Thoughts of impossibility and inadequacy began their fiery assaults, attempting to discourage and disable this "soon to be" delivery. However, that woman, Mary, after a brief exchange with the angel, she overcame her fears, uncertainty, and the avalanche of worthlessness, issuing the response, "let it be unto me, according to your Word."
On this Christmas morning, look beyond the gifts under the tree, look beyond you, as we look beyond we. Many placed orders for gifts over the last couple of weeks, and were introduced to the element of "waiting," expecting its arrival. Some went to bed last night, grossly disappointed that USPS/UPS/FEDEX failed to deliver that special package prior to the "traditional" gift exchange. Some spent the weekend, some the last 24 hours, and for some, they may be looking out their front door right now, "expecting" a package to show UP.
But, how cognizant, how aware, how pregnant are you with anticipation of the culmination and fulfillment of your far reaching life purpose? When was the last time you honed in on what God thinks, says, feels, and desires for you!?! What are you "expecting?" You see, one "expecting" or "being pregnant" goes so far beyond "carrying a child within the body." Other words that are synonymous with "pregnant" are hopeful, expectant, creative, fertile, abounding, reproducing, generating,...and the list goes on and on.
The gifts you gave to others, the gifts you received from others, and even the gifts you purchased for yourself, as cool and special as they may be in your mind and/or theirs, they pale miserably in comparison to being WRAPPED UP, becoming pregnant afresh and anew this morning with an astute sense of how critical it is for you to fulfill the plan your Creator set into motion for YOU in the beginning. He desires for you to give birth to that purpose.
Have the following concerns ever crossed your mind, clogged your heart veins, possibly sabotaging the fulfillment and celebration of your life purpose!?!:
- "I'm too old" or "I'm too young."
- The timing has not lined up.
- Maybe, you've been fearful of how giving birth to His purpose may change the perceptions and opinions of others.
- "But, I don't want any stretch marks."
- Fearful as to whether or not it will be a smooth delivery, free from complications!?!
- It has been said that giving birth is close to death.
- "Who will it look like?"
- "I can't afford it."
Robyn and I would like to encourage you to not allow these things to rob you of the joy that awaits you. Start today, this very moment, cultivating a new passion for the pursuit of your life purpose. Becoming pregnant with new hope will bring forth new life. Stop buying into thoughts that bind you, but rather believe in your purpose, spending time with those who are committed to building you UP, rather than breaking you down.
WRAPPING IT UP: So, indeed, "It is official, Robyn and I are expecting." Yes, our girls are excited with us, as this new chapter unfolds. As matter of fact, we have already begun preparing the nursery, and encourage you to do the same. Are we having another child? That is not in our family life plan, but then again, it wasn't in Mary's life plan over 2,000 years ago neither.
Some have inquired about the "DUE DATE." Well, the answer to that question has already been determined when reviewing Hebrews 11:1, "Now, faith is..."
Please allow me to conclude this followup post by "Hand Delivering" a familiar greeting and salutation received from so many of you, our treasured and valued family and friends:
"Congratulations to you and yours!!!"
Pastor Don and Robyn
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#nofaithnodelivery
#luke1:26-38
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