I can not even tell you how long we have been pregnant with this baby! It has been soooooo long. The labor pains have been ongoing and some have been pretty painful. We have learned so so much from this pregnancy experience and now it is time to birth this baby.
Are the Dukes about to become a family of six? No!
But, we are planting a church and it is finally time to LAUNCH! This is happening for us on Sunday. Easter. Can you even fathom the excitement, tension, fear, excitement, total anticipation that is traveling through this household? It is unfathomable! We are trying to act normal but it is pretty hard to contain!
The thing is, we are not only giving birth to this church but we have been in the process of adoption as well. We have adopted this city called Santa Fe as our very own. And in the process, we have completely fallen in love with it. How is this possible? So much like Jonah, this city in the past has been our Ninevah...but God changes hearts and He is in the business of breaking them. He breaks them so that He can mold them and He uses them to reach those who are being saved. Don't you love that He never wants us to stay broken? He is always in the process of transforming our lives so that we can help others become broken and transformed. Adoption into His family by way of the sacrifice of His Son. Broken and transformed. Easter.
So,ready or not, the contractions are coming. What is this baby going to look like? Hopefully just like Jesus. I can't wait for Easter. He is risen!
