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“Praise the Lord indeed.”
Chapter Twenty
It had been seven months to the day since Levi proposed and Maggie told him to ask her again in six months.
Now he was one month late.
Maggie began to second guess her judgment on Christmas Day. Therein was the catch. She felt that if they were engaged on Christmas Day, it would affect the real meaning of Christmas.
It would be better for them to have a day of their own.
She had been waiting for that day ever since.
Winter had given way to spring and now it was July, arguably one of the hottest months of the summer—the other being August.
The Midtown Moms conference went all day today—and would be all week—keeping Maggie busy at the Midtown Village community center.
It was almost five o’clock, and the conference was wrapping up on the first day.
Sixteenth of July on a Monday was ending, and still, there was no text or phone call from Levi today.
At all.
Had he forgotten that it was exactly seven months today?
Maybe he was busy.
That could be said for both of them. Maggie had been busy for the last few weeks, preparing for today’s conference kick-off.
Perhaps Levi was even busier at Christmastown as their new regional director, replacing his retired predecessor. The surprise turn of events was a godsend for Levi’s career.
Levi had enjoyed his work there, but since they had bought a new warehouse in Duluth in metro Atlanta, Maggie was only able to see him after work hours.
She missed him during the day. Gone were the days when he’d show up unannounced in her office to drink her coffee or she’d go to the church warehouse and he’d help her get whatever she needed for the Village.
Today was such a day when she missed him.
Oh, what am I doing?
Sitting at the back table, the one nearest to the kitchen door, Maggie took a deep breath. She wanted to pray, but she didn’t want to close her eyes just in case the speaker thought she had fallen asleep.
Forgive me, Lord, for losing my focus.
An oft-quoted passage of Scripture popped into her head. She had read Philippians 4:6-7 during her morning devotionals. Her parents had mentioned it. Dad had preached on it. And so had Pastor Kim.
Today, Maggie needed the reminder.
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Why was she anxious? She had no idea.
The afternoon session was over now, and the speaker prayed to close out the first day’s activities. It was a heartfelt prayer with many echoes of “amens” from the attendees.
Then Maggie went up to the microphone to remind the ladies to leave their name tags at the check-in table so that they would have them the next day.
“You have half an hour to pick up your children from childcare,” Maggie added. “I’ll be around here for a few minutes and then I’m going to leave. I don’t know about you all, but it’s been a long day.”
A number of moms agreed with her.
