Open it or not?

If you knew a present was for you, and no one was watching, would you sneak a peek or wait to open it?

Well, I've ALWAYS been horrible with surprises.  To me, there is nothing better than figuring out the surprise before I am supposed to.  When I was a little girl, my father would keep presents in the attic for me.  Why?  It was because I was to short to pull the cord to get the ladder to come down.  When I became tall enough with a chair, he switched to keeping the presents in the trunk of his car and hiding his car keys.

I wasn't much better as a tween or teenager.  I became very good at being able to unwrap presents and see what they were.  I could re-wrap them and my mom didn't know any better. On the occasion that a little paper tore, I could easily blame the cats who also were attacking the presents under the tree.

I never really outgrew my desire to figure out my surprises.  When Peter bought me an engagement ring, he had plotted with my roommate to put it at the bottom of Christmas stocking.  They even buried under several containers of tic tacs.  They figured they would hear me playing with the stocking.  The problem is, if no one is around... who hears me playing with the stocking?

I could probably fill this page with many many more examples of my being a stinker.  But I have a complete joy in figuring it out.  I feel like a super detective or something.

But sometimes, I can't figure it out.  I can see our appeals case is officially closed.  The DA said "the finish line is in sight!!".  The caseworker is already moving forward on our adoption.  She even called the court house to find available dates.  The worker needs to meet with a supervisor and a permanency consultant to find out if they can meet a specific timeline.  And I wait.  I can't search any other place. I have to be patient.  I am waiting to find out what our adoption date is.  And I am just so full of energy and excitement.  I really wish I knew.  I know it's coming.  I just really want to know when. 

So I wait.  Knowing it's all in God's perfect timing.

“The times we find ourselves having to wait on others may be the perfect opportunities to train ourselves to wait on the Lord.” ~ Joni Eareckson Tada