God sees the BIG picture. HIS wisdom is unfailing. HIS love unending. And HIS timing is perfect.
Easy to say, but hard to believe at times.
Over the last few days, our lives took a quick turn. We got a call about a little baby boy, states away from us who needed a family. An adoption agency in his home state didn't have any families willing to adopt him, so they reached out to a referring/consulting service who then contacted our agency, and we got the call. A diagnosis of Down syndrome, a lot of legal terms, 15 hours away and a fee of $30,000 to move forth.
Our first thought?
Impossible.
But as we prayed and sought the Lord, our hearts reminded us that HE makes the imPOSSIBLE, possible.
So after a few exchanged messages, and phone calls, we were steps closer to traveling out of state to meet this sweet baby boy. We were told we would know more yesterday morning.
As the day went on, my heart began to sink as I sensed something must not be right.
We were eventually told late yesterday by this out of state agency that suddenly a family of theirs (who is signed up as an adoptive family with them) was now interested, and that they wanted to talk with them and move forth with them if that family was willing.
Our hearts were crushed.
We said yes when no one else would. The diagnosis of Down syndrome didn't scare us. $30,000 - well yes, that scared us, but again, we knew that if this was what God had for us, he'd make a way.
So here we are again, waiting. And you know what? That's okay. Because God sees what we cannot. He knows and sees the future, He sees things we know nothing about.
He's not forgotten us.
He has a plan, and when the time comes, we will look back at all that we've endured and we'll know. We'll know that all that we've been through was leading up to His master plan.
Easy to say, but hard to believe at times.
Over the last few days, our lives took a quick turn. We got a call about a little baby boy, states away from us who needed a family. An adoption agency in his home state didn't have any families willing to adopt him, so they reached out to a referring/consulting service who then contacted our agency, and we got the call. A diagnosis of Down syndrome, a lot of legal terms, 15 hours away and a fee of $30,000 to move forth.
Our first thought?
Impossible.
But as we prayed and sought the Lord, our hearts reminded us that HE makes the imPOSSIBLE, possible.
So after a few exchanged messages, and phone calls, we were steps closer to traveling out of state to meet this sweet baby boy. We were told we would know more yesterday morning.
As the day went on, my heart began to sink as I sensed something must not be right.
We were eventually told late yesterday by this out of state agency that suddenly a family of theirs (who is signed up as an adoptive family with them) was now interested, and that they wanted to talk with them and move forth with them if that family was willing.
Our hearts were crushed.
We said yes when no one else would. The diagnosis of Down syndrome didn't scare us. $30,000 - well yes, that scared us, but again, we knew that if this was what God had for us, he'd make a way.
So here we are again, waiting. And you know what? That's okay. Because God sees what we cannot. He knows and sees the future, He sees things we know nothing about.
He's not forgotten us.
He has a plan, and when the time comes, we will look back at all that we've endured and we'll know. We'll know that all that we've been through was leading up to His master plan.
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