The Waiting

Hello friends,

Although I want to report great and glorious events in our adoption process, I can report at this moment, that our bucket is filling drop by drop. I am so completely blessed by God's faithfulness and yet so frustrated by my own impatience. I feel once again, like a horse inside the gates, dancing with excitement, ready to be released to run the race! Only to be held back by God's loving hand and to hear Him say, "It's not time yet, Child, wait for Me. In my perfect timing everything will come into place."

I see others running their race and rejoice with them. Honestly, I am so happy for everyone involved, knowing that some of our children will be here in a few short months! I am praying for their process to go smoothly and without delay, I am just having a hard time waiting for our turn. My mind wants it now, my heart wants it in God's time. Please don't get me wrong, I am thankful to be in the gates at all. Perhaps, the Lord has a work to complete in my own heart or perhaps our child has not yet come out of the village. So many things have to be put in order for all of this to come to completion.

I am smiling as I write this because I am rejoicing in all the Lord has done up to this point. I am blessed by His hand in my life, His saving grace, and His love that continues to feed my soul each and every day.

"I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I put my hope." Psm 130:5

I am looking forward to seeing His hand continue to move in the lives of these children, to bring them into loving homes and give them a place of permanence, where they can learn of His love and salvation.

Blessings,
~Anne