Thursday, May 30, 2013

Thoughtful Thursday


For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God. Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah

~Psalm 62:5-8

Monday, May 6, 2013

Logged In!

Got some good news today! I just heard from our agency and they have gotten confirmation that our dossier was received by the CCCWA in China and we were logged in on April 12 (LID in adoption lingo)! So now we wait for a referral! Ahhh, there's that word again - wait. Coincidentally (or not) I started an online Bible study on waiting with a group of sweet ladies today and I promise I will do a post on waiting soon.

Friday, May 3, 2013

We Say Yes!

"When you say YES to adoption, you are saying YES to enter the suffering of the orphan, and that suffering includes WAITING FOR YOU TO GET TO THEM. I promise you, their suffering is worse than yours. We say YES to the tears, YES to the longing, YES to the maddening process, YES to the money, YES to hope, YES to the screaming frustration of it all, YES to going the distance through every unforeseen discouragement and delay. Do not imagine that something outside of "your perfect plan" means you heard God wrong. There is NO perfect adoption. EVERY adoption has snags. We Americans invented the "show me a sign," or "this is a sign," or "this must mean God is closing a door," or "God must not be in this because it is hard," but all that is garbage. You know what's hard? Being an orphan. They need us to be champions and heroes for them, fighting like hell to get them home. So we will. We may cry, and rage, and scream, and wail in the process, but get them home we will."

-Jen Hatmaker