Notes From Pastor Anthony’s Desk;
We were ready, packed, loaded, babysitters in
line and the whole 9 yards; Boy were we ever ready. Holly and I had sat all day
patiently waiting for the time that was appointed to us to go to the hospital
so that Chase Molihan could finally arrive to this old world and put an end to
a very troubled pregnancy. But then the phone rang and the voice on the other
end delivered the news that the C-Section had been cancelled and we had to wait
at least 10 more days. Disappointment was a good word to use to explain
emotions in the Molihan house that morning, but also thankful that we didn’t
allow anything to happen that would cause harm to our unborn child.
But it was what I witnessed shortly after the
phone call that allowed God to draw the attention of my minds eye and show me
some great spiritual truth. Holly began to unpack, she began to bark orders for
me to unpack and I saw right before my eyes two days of preparation unravel. I
even had things in the van for goodness sake. But it was just a matter of 30
minutes or so that we were acting like we were having no baby at all. We were
making plans for the upcoming week, trying to work out our schedules and
attempting to make it all fit. And to be quite honest for a few minutes little
Chase was not on our conscious minds.
It was at this time that the Lord began to deal
with me and ask if that was the way that we treated Him. If He doesn’t come
when we expect Him to or do what we had planned on Him doing, do we just drop
our watch and go about living like the Lord doesn’t exist?
I’m afraid many of us do. It seems we just use
the Lord as a spare tire, only when we need Him in emergencies. Don’t we
understand that when the Lord comes is not determined on the type of day that
we are having or what type of mood we are in.
Later on that day I began to realize that we are
going to have to prepare for this trip all over again and wondered what would
happen if little Chase decided to surprise us all and come before we had
planned, would we be able to have time to prepare? That is not chances I want
to take with my eternal soul at stake, do you? Be ready, Be
ready, Be ready when He comes.
In my prayers - Pastor Anthony
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