God's Pinkie Promises

When I dream big, like my coffee cup suggests, I try to dream like a child would dream. Without limitations. Without 'adult brain'. I used to be able to have a huge imagination but somewhere in the midst of marriage, responsibility, and life it died. Somewhere between childhood and adulthood my faith in God disappeared as well. I'm not happy about it, but I'm not to proud to admit my shortcomings. 

When I was about 16, God asked me what I wanted exactly. So I told him. Looking back over the last 6 years, it's all been coming true. I have to say that once God makes a promise, He will keep it. It might take years and years to fulfill that promise BUT it will come to pass. The only reason that I know that it will happen is because of the little man swinging in the swing in front of me. 

That picture was taken today and THAT is my dreams coming true. It took 10 years to get here. I was willing to wait. I waited for the perfect man to walk into my life and ask me to marry him. I never settled for second best. We walked through a VERY long time of struggle and medical problems before we found out that we were going to be given the greatest gift ever, Joseph. 

Abraham and Sarah had a promise that they were given. God promised them that they would have as many descendants as the stars in the sky. Sarah didn't believe it because she was so old. They had this promise, given to them from God. A pretty dramatic one at that. Sarah lacked in faith and tried to take matters into her own hands by telling Abraham that, "The LORD has kept me from having children. Go sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her." (Genesis 16:2)

So many times in our own lives, I'm sure, you have felt like Sarah did. She assumed that the Lord had done something to keep her from receiving the promise that was given to her. Wanna know a secret? WE LIVE IN A FALLEN WORLD. Sometimes WE are the reason we don't see the promise that is given to us. People have free will and they are going to do what they want to do instead of being obedient. Sarah lacked some faith. We can lack faith. 

Pinkie Promises are cute. But let me tell you something. A God promise, is the strongest pinkie promise you can get. Even if people look at you like you are completely insane. REMEMBER, Noah looked crazy when he was building an ark for something they had NEVER seen before. So what if people think you crazy. You just fit in with the rest of us "Christians."