Come on Keely!

So, Keely is due in 2 weeks, Sept 18th. Whoot Whoot!!! She could come two weeks early or two weeks late so she could come today or in October..crazy! I have found comfort in Gal 1:15, Paul knew God as the one who "separated me from my mother's womb." So unless the Lord shows us differently we rest in His perfect timing to begin labor. Waiting on Keely is a good reminder for me of how I need to be waiting and watching for Christ to return. I have Keely's clothes ready, sheets washed, everything organized in a little box for labor, I TRY to keep the house clean (although not a very realistic idea with Samuel and Ryan) ;)...etc, the point is I believe she is coming and I am actively waiting. I desire to be like this with Christ, because He said in Revelation that He is coming quickly. Rev 22:7,20
Jesus-please work it in us to be like the servant who is found watching. "Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching." Luke 12:37
Luke 12:40 "Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect." Mar 13:37 "And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!"
Three things I see I need to be doing considering He is coming (I'm sure there are many more)
Preaching the gospel
Mat 24:14 "And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
Encouraging the body of Christ
Heb 10:25 "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some; but exhorting: and so much the more, as you see the day approaching.
Living holy and godly, looking for and hastening the day of the Lord
2 Peter 3:10-12 "But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
Its so easy to believe that Keely is coming quickly because I have many reminders..28 pounds, messed up back, can't breath, kicks in the ribs, and so forth. But I pray that it would be just as real to me of Christ coming quickly!

Lydia

"..surely I am coming quickly." Jesus - Rev 22:20 EVEN SO, COME LORD JESUS!