I just read a great book which I highly recommend "Same Kind of Different as Me". It is a wonderful story which truly illustrates the power of God. During the last couple of weeks we have been truly disheartened with the process of international adoption. An increase in wait times, no news or limited information, and just downright impatience has caused us great difficulty. I started reading the book to try to take my mind off of everything. Little did I know, God would have life lessons for me to learn. There is a line in the book which says "Our limitations are God's opportunties". When first reading it you may go hmmm...interesting. After you trully consider the ramifications of this statement, you are more likely to say "Wow".
Most of us have difficulty turning to God during the mundane times of our lives. The ho-hum, everyday stuff usually becomes routine; requiring little thought, much less faith. But, when we are smacked in the face or knocked to our knees, we are able to see how weak we are and how fragile LIFE as we know it can be. Through all of this, we have tried to stay strong and have faith, but when control is truly taken away from us, as it has been once we sent our dossier to China, we felt helpless and out of control. George Michael's line of "gotta have faith" is correct, but so much more difficult when you have no control. Ironic or awkward as it may seem, you cannot be in control and have faith in God.
So, we wait. Prayers have been answered in that we have verified our checks have cleared and our dossier is still being processed so thank you to all of those who were Prayer Warriors for us. We appreciate our family and friends who are willing to take up the torch for us when we are so unsure and just plain tired. We will see our son...soon, which of course is relative and totally in God's hands.
Most of us have difficulty turning to God during the mundane times of our lives. The ho-hum, everyday stuff usually becomes routine; requiring little thought, much less faith. But, when we are smacked in the face or knocked to our knees, we are able to see how weak we are and how fragile LIFE as we know it can be. Through all of this, we have tried to stay strong and have faith, but when control is truly taken away from us, as it has been once we sent our dossier to China, we felt helpless and out of control. George Michael's line of "gotta have faith" is correct, but so much more difficult when you have no control. Ironic or awkward as it may seem, you cannot be in control and have faith in God.
So, we wait. Prayers have been answered in that we have verified our checks have cleared and our dossier is still being processed so thank you to all of those who were Prayer Warriors for us. We appreciate our family and friends who are willing to take up the torch for us when we are so unsure and just plain tired. We will see our son...soon, which of course is relative and totally in God's hands.
