i think the thing that has struck me more poignantly than anything else throughout this adoption process is that i am always surprised when jesus comes through. i guess the super-holy version of myself shouldn't admit that, but i like honesty so there ya have it. we have been shown favor - we have been told yes - repeatedly throughout this process, and yet, every single time, i can't believe it. jesus has kept every promise he's ever made to me over the past twenty-eight (and a half) years, and yet, here i am, sinful and stupid as ever - and i can't believe it when he keeps another promise.
i'm sure most of you read my post last week that not only were we accepted into the december 12th training, but there are also enough couples for bethany (our agency) to hold the meeting! TWO yeses! two specific prayers answered favorably. we were amazed.
i hinted in my facebook post earlier that we received some great news today. we've been looking into several different options for financing our adoption. we knew that more than likely some sort of loan would be the best way for us to pay for everything. we thought we had everything figured out, and then our first plan didn't work out. we were discouraged, but we just kept saying, "god is going to provide the money." fake it til ya make it, yall. last week we had two different opportunities come up. we knew that one was exponentially better for us than the other. we started praying specifically every single night when we did our devotion that the lord would hear our prayer and honor it. yall. kenny got a phone call at 3:30 today, and our prayer was answered! not only was it answered, but it was answered in a FAR greater, more beneficial way than we thought possible. our adoption is paid for. when we are matched with our baby, we can write the check and bring her home. this is a HUGE relief for us. i don't think i can express to you how incredible it feels to know that the finances are taken care of. that was the one big worry we have had through the whole process, and like he always does, the lord took care of it.
kenny and i went out to dinner tonight to celebrate. on the way there we talked about how smooth the whole process has been thus far - just how easily we have walked through each step of this journey. the only explanation we have for that is that the lord has gone before us. we are so thankful.
we continue to be blown away by the outpouring of love and joy and excitement and genuine care and interest in our adoption. i cannot tell you how good it is for our hearts to have family and friends walk with us, stand with us in prayer, and validate that we are going to soon be parents. thank you for asking questions, reading my blog, talking to us about the nursery, giving us recommendations on car seats - you are making a slightly surreal experience so very real and wonderful. one of the most amazing parts of this journey is being able to see ourselves and have others see us as parents - as if i were pregnant. you are all at the top of our list of things we're thankful for this year.
"now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to the power that is at work in us, to him be the glory." ephesians 3:20
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