Back to the big picture...
Technically my intentional pause came to an “end” on November 26th which was the date the owners of the farm were originally set to announce the winner of the contest. However, in October they decided to extend the deadline with the hope of receiving more essay entries. If, as stated in the contest rules, they received their minimum number of 5,000 essays (do the math, 5,000 entries each at $200) they would surely be able to “gift” the farm to author of the winning essay . I was at peace and my hope was not deferred even though there would not be a winner announced on Thanksgiving Day because in my heart I still knew “something was coming.”
Side note: having the “no sweets” end, as we were at my mom and dad’s house for Thanksgiving was special. You see, my mom makes the absolute best pies, hands down! I had waited on the Lord in those 65 days and He certainly was good and I doubly enjoyed each bite of those pies because of the time waiting on Him.
Time was still due to pass as far as the contest went so…
I waited. We waited.
At this point our children had been aware of some of the bullet point miracles I shared earlier which helped in keeping our Spirits high. We all had a sense that “something was yet coming” and since I knew it WAS from God, I know it WILL be good!
November 30th had just about arrived, this was the day when the farm owners were to announce if they had received enough entries to continue and thus reward the winner on January 1st and if not, the owners will cancel the contest and return all $200 entry fees. What will they decide?
To be continued...