Anticipation

"Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is like the tree of life." (Proverbs 13:12)

"We can never know about the days to come

But we think about them anyway

And I wonder if I'm really with you now 

Or just chasin' after some finer day."

I can name that tune in...? Come on you know this. I'm humming it right now. Well... you have to be over 50 to remember it. Okay...here's the chorus. 

"Anticipation, anticipa...a...tion

Is makin' me late

Is keepin' me wa...a...a....a...aitin." (I tried to spell out the vocalization; hope you were all singing along.) 

Yes. It's the Heinz Ketchup theme song sung by the second love of my life (well...she's actually way down the line but still a crush), Carly Simon (ca. 1971). I must be stuck in this year for some reason. My video for tonight's teaching in Revelation and linked to rampant globalism is "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" originally sung by the New Seekers but coopted by the greedy corporate world to sell liquid carcinogens - Coke-a-Cola. 

I feel like this is my theme word - "Anticipation." Anticipating when some sort of normalcy will infect my world again. Anticipating God doing new things during this pandemic. Anticipating new opportunities or new open doors for ministry. Anticipating new visitors at church. Anticipating old family and friends who have been gone for the last 4 months returning again. Anticipating being mask-free. Anticipating restaurants at full capacity again. Anticipating the presidential elections. Anticipating another "free" check from the government (and a substantial raise in my taxes to pay for all this "free" stuff). Anticipating....anticipating the coming of Jesus in the clouds for His Church, His Bride. Maranatha! Whew -Hoo...a tree of life. 

But until then, I am trying not to become sick. Not with the Covid, but with despair. Hope deferred. Longing unfulfilled. 

So until then, we need to stay positive. Think about the good things. Encourage one another. Help each other out when we get frustrated. 

It's because your smacking the bottom. You have to gently hit the neck where the label is. Or just use your knife, for goodness sake. 

Anticipation...its keepin' me wa...a...a....a...aitin'.