Thank you all so much for the clarification on the No man knows the hour verse.  It is one thing to know because you believe God has pressed it on you and another to be able to back it up grammatically and rationally.  And our God is  rational and reasonable.
 
To Randy,
 
Yes, yes, I feel the same way.  I actually wrote Eric a private email expressing the same feelings.  My life is going very well from a human perspective too, but I long for His coming with all my being.
 
I have five children and to be honest with you, when it gets to the end of a pregnancy and you know the child is coming, even though you know there will be a lot of pain, you can hardly wait for their arrival.  You spend most of your time in preparation for that day, and because you are big and awkward you don't have much energy to spend on things that aren't absolutely important to the coming birth.  I think that the last month of the nine that you go through is the longest. That is how it feels now.
 
Looking up, enjoying the beauty of spring and drinking up the Word of God as though there were a drought about to come,
 
Jill