The pause between contractions at birth of vision

I've never had a baby myself. No really my wife did it all. But right now I'm reminded of the process as we/I go through a little pause between contractions in the birthing of this vision. I mean, there is heaps on and I'm really busy and all the wheels are in motion on all the great initiatives God has planted in my heart.

But today, right now, there is a lull before the next push. Why do some births have a 22 hour labour and others shoot out and are in pre school before you know it! I don't know - maybe it's Gods way of saying the baby is not quite ready yet, like a cake in the oven - bring it out early and it flops! Open the oven door to look at it too often and you loose the heat and it flops also!

So from babies to baking, vision needs to be prepared with al the ingredients and then left to bake. If the preparation is right the cake will be great and the vision as well!

If you cannot stop opening the oven door of your vision then a) take a holiday or b) start another cake or wash the dishes - anything but stop interfering with the baking process!

Now apply that to your vision:

ingredients
preparation
implementation
baking - waiting

and in the right time, Gods time, it's ready to enjoy.

Paul planted, Apollos watered but God made it grow!

And the birthing - my daughter came out real quick! Emergency caesar and out she popped - didn't even give me time to read the paper, massage my wife's back and be a great co-birther!

I think I'm destined to have quick births. Am I talking vision now?

Can feel the push again - here we go!

PS I am not a new father - my daughter has her 11th birthday next month. Birthing was only an analogy, not a curent issue in my life!