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Today is our baby's due date.  Katie and I are on pins and needles waiting to meet this newest member of our family. Katie is aware of every little contraction and twinge, wondering if maybe that  is the onset of labor. Or no, maybe that one  is! It's a very unique season of advent in the Read household. The doctors gave us a due date of Sept 21 but in all realit y  "about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father" (Mark 13:32). So we wait to see the timing that God has picked out for us, knowing that His timing will be perfect, and knowing that the doctors should have just given us a ballpark (late September) time instead of a specific date (it's okay medical staff, we forgive you).  All this anticipation has me thinking: what if God gave us a gestational period so that we could better understand how His 2nd coming will be?  Here are some similarities that I believe God gave us so that we can bet...

A friend of mine sent me a link to a song called " Falling Into You " by Hillsong Young and Free . This group of musicians intentionally creates music for younger believers and everything they do is designed to engage young people on their level. Chances are when you watch the music video there will be many things you really like about the video...along with many things you will classify as " not my style ." Am I right? Here's what struck me in particular about this music video: the backing vocals are singing their little hearts out...and you can't hear a single note they're singing. You can hear that there are other people singing other than the lead, but there is no clear distinction of voices. Maybe we are just hearing the crowd sing along, maybe it's the backing vocals, maybe it is a pre-recorded layer of backing vocals...either way, it seems that the vocalists on stage are there predominantly to provide a certain atmosphere. They dance, they m...