Wow.

Wow, wow, and WOW.

This, I never expected.

I was sitting at home Sunday night, surrounded by girlfriends and babies, watching the Academy Awards (my yearly guilty pleasure!), holding my fussy baby who did not want to take his nap, when my husband – who had escaped to have some “man time” with a buddy –  text messaged me.

“Check ur admin site for ur blog…” it read. “You are getting peeps from Kingdom Twindom…lots!”*

*Somehow when we set up my blog his e-mail address got into the moderator slot. Fixing that tonight.

I couldn’t believe it! What in the world?? My friend Renee went straight to her Blackberry (or Crackberry, as I affectionately call the little devices) and said “Kingdom Mama tweeted about a new blog…it must be you!” So she grabbed my laptop and went straight to Kingdom Twindom and began reading the blog entry out loud.

Guys, I just about fell off the couch. “I feel like I just won an Academy Award!” I said, which made my companions giggle, as we had just been talking about how we loved watching the winners react on the show.

See, I haven’t set out to become famous or anything like that. I started my blog out of obedience to God, to use His gifts. I’d settled in my mind and heart that I needed to do this for me, not for anyone else’s approval (despite my enormous fear of people reading my stuff). I wasn’t going to ask anyone to promote me – nor did I have any expectations of anyone promoting my blog. A link off to the side in the “blogs I read” column someday was my idea of the ultimate. I imagined what that would feel like, the thrill of it. I’d get goosebumps visualizing it. What an honor!

So you can imagine the feelings coursing through me on Sunday night. I’m sure I provided great entertainment for a while there! It’s exciting for so many reasons, but mainly the reason I am so honored and humbled and excited that Sarah saw fit to do what she did is because it’s a huge confirmation that I am doing what God wants me to do.

So thank you, Sarah and Kingdom Twindom and all you readers! Your words and responses have shown God’s confirmation to me…and that is the ultimate.