I have come to try to avoid grocery store trips with my little sidekicks lately at all costs. As I was folding laundry around 9:45 tonight and mentally going through my day tomorrow which included grocery shopping and taking a meal to a friend who just had a baby and still lives in town (some people manage to stay cool and live in the city even post kids I suppose), I decided it was just not worth it and made my list and did a 10pm grocery store run.
The thought of dinner meltdowns stuck in rush hour traffic tomorrow delivering food practically pushed me out the door actually!
So here I sit in my lovely toy filled house waiting for my chicken to boil. Have I mentioned how I love seeing little reminders of the little people every where I look? I don't think I will ever get tired if it!
However I have made a New Years resolution to get more sleep. I really stay up too late, a lot! I think it's starting to make me look old!! Seriously. But I so enjoy the calm. And once I clean up, put away laundry (or shove it out of my sight-let's be real), have my nightly date with my best friend the steam mop, do my quick Instagram scroll-obviously, and read my little bible study it's just late.
But aside from trying to sleep these new wrinkles away, I am truly trying to spend more time just being silent and waiting to hear God. It has occurred to be rather abruptly the last few days that God is allowing me a golden opportunity to be still and hear Him. As this adoption lingers on and on and on with a truly painful silence I have gotten really good at griping and being annoyed at God for his silence. I have filled my every free moment with something to take my mind off how hard it's been to wait and have spent MUCH to little time just being still. Just being present with God. Just listening. Praying. Existing in the now with a hopeful anticipation of what is to be revealed.
So I am trying to each day just stop and be still. Asking God what it is he is wanting me to learn in this time of silence. I'm anxiously excited to see what he is teaching me in this season!
Happy Middle of the week friends! I'm off to chop this dang chicken and throw together some chicken pot pies. If only we could eat wheat I would make one for our family too! Chicken pot pie was one of our weekly staples before a certain small person came into our lives and seriously shook up our dinner options! ;)
Stay tuned. I just KNOW we will have some news to share soon!!
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"Existing in the now with a hopeful anticipation of what is to be revealed. " - Love this.
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