So we’ve been on the paper trail for one week now. Not too many things in my day to day life cause me to get ‘stressed out’. I can already tell that this process will push all the right buttons. This week as I’ve gone from the “why in the world do we have to do this?” to “why can’t people care more/do their jobs better?” questions in my mind. It is helpful for me to take a moment to pause and get some perspective.
While I spent this past week preoccupied with the bureaucracy of the adoption process… our friend Missy was faithfully caring for some kids who desperately needed her love in Haiti. So I was stressing about some seemingly pointless document or some frustrating government red tape and Missy was stressing about how to care for children who’ve lost everything. Missy tells the story of her past week here: http://missywilliams.posterous.com/
So I’m reminded that it is He, not I that ultimately holds this process together. Isaiah 40:12-31 paints a beautiful picture, it is my prayer that we would be consistently reminded who is in control throughout these next months. And when I start to think this whole thing is about me or how I feel, please remind me to pray humbly for a little perspective.
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I've often told Blake that one of the reasons that I think God called us to adoption is because we have serious control issues, and there is no way to better nip those in the bud than adopting!!! Even though we dropped lots of our needs to control things in our life, as we start the process again, I still have to fight it, but it feels incredible to trust the Lord in His plans for our family, whatever they might be.
I can't tell you how excited we are for you all to experience this. We've never walked with God so intimately as we have with adoption. We hope it's the same with you!!!
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