A longing fulfilled is a tree of life

Over the past few weeks I have posted a number of essays, and this week The Creator of the universe just proved once again that He purposed what I was posting.

Here goes.

In When Hope is Deferred, I noted how many a times things don't go the way we would like and in this light I cited my own frustrating experience with tender submissions and tender evaluation committees: 'the tender evaluation committee has not yet concluded its evaluation of all the tenders...." Hope deferred makes the heart grow weary.

In Surprised by Joy - I remembered my emotional, professional and financial struggles in the midst of certain setbacks, noting that in amongst my confusion, I heard God laughing...laughing at my oblivion to the great things He had planned for me, whilst He encouraged me that the hardship I was going through was only for a while.

In the same piece I also noted that although all things were not yet equal, and that for example I did not yet have the business success that I crave, years down the line, I am learning to trust God more, to wait on Him, and believe, really believe, that He does know what He is doing with me, in as far as I trust and follow Him.

Praising Him for what He has done and is yet to do
The Creator of the Universe also reminded me this week that He is a Jealous God and prompted me to post a psalm in praise of Him Who created my earthly father to whom I had posted a tribute. He needed me to acknowledge that He is The Waymaker, making the way for each and everyone of us - supporting us and ensuring that we redeem the time.

In the midst of all of this, I was not to know that God was orchestrating the fulfillment of one of my life-long longings.

Yea..hoooooooo!
On Monday I received a phone call from one of those tender evaluation committees I wrote about in When Hope is Deferred, many of who had doused my hopes and dreams in the past.
The voice at the other end of the phone told me that we had been successful with a particular tender.

Want to know the contract value? Try this. How about seven figure US$ sum, darh-ling?

Guess Who and who are laughing now? Yea...hoooo! Words from my previous postings are screaming, not shouting, at me:

A longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
Time and chance happens to us all.