Will they or Won't they?

Will they or won't they?

Will they or won't they? YES they will!
We have felt since the beginning of this whole process that we have been called to adopt. Dave has explained it to be as strong as His call to ministry and church planting. So, yes, we will continue to pursue an adoption from Ethiopia......and as much as recent events have broken our hearts, we are giving it back to God.

A few days before we received the call about the birth mother's change of heart, Vicki had sent an online devotional she receives to a friend who was trying to surrender some parts of her life to God. Little did Vicki know that she herself would go back to that devotional numerous times as we've been trying to come to terms with our new adoption situation. Here are some excerpts:

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him and He will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV)

So I have a choice to make. Will I believe that God's plans are better than my own? Will I risk stepping out of my comfort zone? Do I believe the growing pains I'll face will be worth the blessings that will come? Do I trust God to really take care of me? What about you? What changes is God nudging you towards that have you digging in your heels and tightening your grip on whatever you know you need to release? Do you believe the rewards are worth the pain? Or that God's perfect plan is worth leaving your complacency and comfort behind? Do you trust Him? Or are you hiding and hoping He passes you by?

The unknown is scary. But ultimately—for me anyway—it's scarier to think of what I might miss if I don't let go. And so I say a prayer, open my hands, and peer beyond the edge of what I know, into the vast expanse of the future where a giant question mark dominates the landscape. Do you see it, too?Today let's choose to trust God and not require that we like or even understand what He is calling us to do. Let's submit to Him, believing that the path He calls us to take will always be worth the change, worth the risk, worth the effort, simply because He has chosen it for us.

(from Encouragement for Today online Devotional - Alison Strobel)

So - we are starting each day right now choosing to trust God even when we don't always like and definitely don't understand what He is calling us to go through right now. But, we are working at submitting and surrendering to Him, knowing that the path He has for us will ALWAYS be worth it, because it is HIS plan for us, not our plan. This is how we know that WE WILL continue on this journey of adoption - God has called us to it and the path He has called us to will be worth it all.

Again - we are so grateful for the support we have felt. We have sat and counted our blessings many times in the past week. Faith, Family & Friends have made all the difference - Thank you!!