Godincidences

I'll start off by stating that yes, I'm still pregnant. Augh.
Ok, now onto my post. I love how the Good Lord works in mysterious ways. I don't like to think of things as coincidences but as Godincidences. I just ran into a girlfriend from college, whom I really didn't think I'd be seeing again any time soon. And I wouldn't have run into her if my mother-in-law hadn't suggested to go shopping for the baby.

I have been vehemently against buying anything gender specific for the baby so as to not jinx it one way or the other. But I think Sandy realized I needed some distraction and figured shopping would lift my spirits a little. She pointed out that if we bought for both boy and girl, we could just take back whatever Pumpkin wasn't. And that way I would still have some cute outfits for the summer before everything switched over to fall.

So we all planned on going shopping at Target quick, and then out to eat for dinner. Well, Micah and his parents came back from their bike ride pretty hungry, so we decided to do dinner before shopping. It is here that I recognized that God was really at work, and we didn't realize. We went to the restaurant that Micah and I have had nothing but good things to say about-and had the worst service experience! It took us forever to get our food, and even then not all our food. Aiden's dinner was the last to come out, and by that time everyone else had pretty much finished. We were there over and hour and a half-and couldn't believe that dinner had taken that long. (the food was still excellent though). So finally we were off to the store. If it hadn't been for that timing in the restaurant, I would never had run into my friend! And neither one of us had a clue that we both lived in the same town now. So we exchanged numbers, and I'm hoping we'll be getting together often in the future.

But it's little moments like that, that I think we can take for granted. Sometimes we don't always see where God is working in our lives, and realize that He's always there helping us along the way. But He is, and it's the little things like this that make me smile and I know I'm not alone. For me the thing to remember is that as much as we like to think we're in "control" and living on our time, we're not. We are on God's time. This has put things into some perspective for me right now. As frustrated and uncomfortable as I am right now, I realize that the baby isn't going to come on my time, but on God's time. And I'm not alone. Right now, I'm just along for the ride.