In His Time

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Your eyes saw my substance,

being yet unformed.

And in Your book they all were written,

The days fashioned for me,

When as yet there were none of them.

-Psalm 139:16

At 7:30 a.m. today, less than two hours from now, my daughter in law Chosen One will deliver her second son by Caesarian section.

This baby boy who has been named Jeremiah David by his parents wasn't due to be born until the second week of November, so we are all quite unprepared for this development.  On Sunday afternoon, Chosen One's bag of waters ruptured, requiring the C-section to be performed for this premature birth.

However, I fully believe that nothing takes God by surprise.

All malfunctions of our body systems are known to Him, long before they happen.

A few weeks ago,  Nehemiah 8:10 was strongly impressed on my heart during my Quiet Time.

The joy of the LORD is your strength.

It was a rhema word, and ministered deeply to my spirit.

Then, just two days ago, a dear American blog friend named Deb was praying for my daughter in law and the baby in her prayer language when she heard herself singing words she had never heard before, and certainly didn't understand. The words were

maganda... masaya...

She wrote, asking me if the words meant anything to me.

Of course I knew and understood what those words mean! In our native language, those words mean "beautiful" and "joyful".

That was such a confirmation of what had been impressed in my heart earlier, and I knew without doubt that Abba Father is writing an amazing chapter in our family history.

I name my third grandson Joyful One.

The blessing I declare over my second son Worshiper on the day his second son is born, is the same blessing that Israel (Jacob) gave over his son Joseph in Genesis 48:14-16.

Then Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manassaeh's head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manassaeh was the firstborn. And he blessed Joseph, and said: 

"God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,

The God who has fed me all my life long to this day,

The Angel who has redeemed from all evil,

Bless the lads;

Let my name be named upon them,

And the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;

And let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth."

Joyful One's arrival is not accidental, but on purpose. Tonight we celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles, a most joyous feast instituted by God as one of His appointed times (moedim) to be observed as a lasting ordinance. During the seven days of this feast Jews are commanded to rejoice in their God, for His provisions and His protection, so it has come to be known as "The Season of Our Joy".

I believe my third grandson's birthday ushers in a season of joy for our family, and will always remind our family of God's provisions and protection.

This is the season when God is teaching us to learn new lessons in trusting Him when things don't go as we expected or planned. God is with us in all these.

Ecclesiastes 3:11 is a beautiful reminder of this. He  has made all things beautiful in its time.


My song for Joyful One...

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