Christ's righteousness & Babies R Us

Hey everyone. For those of you who don't know, Rebekah and I found out that we will be having a daughter (very soon). She could go into labor any day now. Everyday Rebekah says to me, "Ooo, I want to have this baby 'tonight'! And I say to myself, "O boy." I have our bags packed for the hospital and everything. I have the baby kit too. I hope I do all the right things on the day that Rebekah says, "It's time!" I'm going to be so nervous and clumsy--I don't know how I'm going to respond. I don't know whether I should pull over if a cop turns on his lights behind me or just keep flying to the hospital. Life is just one big riddle of folk music: it is mysterious but amiable with tasteful tones and sunny textures.

We were at Babies R Us the other day picking out 'newborn' outfits. I must admit, as Fatherhood is setting in, I was getting caught up in the endearments of my daughter as we picked out clothes that we would soon put on her. But then I thought of how inferior that was when the garments of Christ's righteousness appeared so beautifully to my mind. These clothes for my daughter have beauty and color, but not like the robe of many colors of Christ's righteousness (Gen.37:3). O! How I pray for my daughter to be dressed one day by the One who comes from Edom, who is dressed with the colorful garments from Bozrah, who is splendid in apparel, who speaks righteousness and is mighty to save (Isaiah 63:1)!

I love you all.

Rejoicing today b/c the Temple Curtain has been torn in two,

Gabe--Mt. 27:41