In the big picture of things we really have not been waiting that long for our baby girl to come home to us. It has been about 9 months and here we are, waiting. I know it seems I have said that alot lately, but I desire our daughter to be with us. In my heart she is already mine and I find waiting to be what the Lord must really want to work out in me! Through it all I have rejoiced in my family and how blessed I am to have them each day to love on, hold, laugh with, train up and talk about Jesus with. I am amazed at what surrendering can do to a persons heart. I said yes to adoption and since then my heart has gone from "Okay Lord, your will is what I desire and I will adopt" to "Oh Lord, my heart is crying out, longing, groaning for this little girl who you named for us, and I can not wait to meet her. Do a quick work and bring her home to us." The Lord is faithful and I know He knows and has done such a sweet work in me. Thank you Jesus.
Bless you.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Adoption update
Hey there~Oh how the time flies! I have finally gotten all the applications out for the agencies and now I am...you guessed it...waiting! I thought it was hard waiting to fill out the paperwork, but now I am finding that it is harder waiting to be presented to situations and being matched! It has not been my time scale at all. Oh how I trust in the Lord. He knows and is in complete control.
A few weeks ago, during my morning prayer time, I was praying for the adoption. I was asking again for confirmation that we were going the right way. Later that same morning I got a call from an agency telling me that they received our application and that everything was in order for us to be presented to any situations that matched with our family. Yeah! Secondly, in the prayer room that evening a friend came up to me and said she felt like she was to pray for our adoption journey, so we prayed. Last, but not least, my husband was praying for our baby in the PR and got her NAME from the Lord!!!!! Three confirmations in one day...God is so good and kind to hold my hand in this big journey. Bless HIM!
A few weeks ago, during my morning prayer time, I was praying for the adoption. I was asking again for confirmation that we were going the right way. Later that same morning I got a call from an agency telling me that they received our application and that everything was in order for us to be presented to any situations that matched with our family. Yeah! Secondly, in the prayer room that evening a friend came up to me and said she felt like she was to pray for our adoption journey, so we prayed. Last, but not least, my husband was praying for our baby in the PR and got her NAME from the Lord!!!!! Three confirmations in one day...God is so good and kind to hold my hand in this big journey. Bless HIM!
Friday, August 15, 2008
More on our adoption...
We were able to connect our desire to adopt to a couple more agencies, they have all our paperwork, and we'll hopefully hear something real soon. Waiting is the hardest part! I know our baby is real, she's ours in the spirit and she has a name! We will reveal it to everyone soon!
Monday, July 28, 2008
Adoption update
As of Friday of last week, I was able to send out 1 application to an agency in Kansas. I was super excited to be able to do that. I feel one step closer to adopting. I hope to get out more applications this week. Yippie!
My Husband
This morning, in prayer with my husband, I was loved on by him and Jesus.
I prayed for Matt first and had a deep love and respect for him and his role in our family. Now hear me, I am in a place where I am asking the Lord for a deeper understanding of my role as a wife, so to FEEL this love and respect was a gift of revelation from the Lord---an answered prayer.
Then Matt prayed for me. This is awesome--He said I have value!! Can you believe it? I am a blessed woman. I serve a Lord who is so loving and kind and He gave me a man, a husband who sees value in me. My heart was doing cartwheels! I have heard it before, but it was so timly and resinated in my spirit. Thank you Jesus for my husband and your love.
I prayed for Matt first and had a deep love and respect for him and his role in our family. Now hear me, I am in a place where I am asking the Lord for a deeper understanding of my role as a wife, so to FEEL this love and respect was a gift of revelation from the Lord---an answered prayer.
Then Matt prayed for me. This is awesome--He said I have value!! Can you believe it? I am a blessed woman. I serve a Lord who is so loving and kind and He gave me a man, a husband who sees value in me. My heart was doing cartwheels! I have heard it before, but it was so timly and resinated in my spirit. Thank you Jesus for my husband and your love.
this God we serve
As I was reading a book on the prophet Amos, I was struck on how dear the Lord is. Here's what got me thinking:
"Amos looked up and imagined the hand of God flinging stars like shining dust across the heavens. No. He was wrong to think such pagen thoughts, for God only had to utter a word and it was done. Only man had He shaped with His hands, using dust He created to form His most precious and amazing creation. Only man was molded and loved into being, the breath of life in his lungs given by God."
The Lord loves us so much that He used His hands to form us. He is amazing and so caring. I am constinatly in awe of how He thinks and feels and I love to discover things like---He formed us with His hands! I know that the Bible says so, but to have revelation of how God works is amazing. For all of creation He spoke, but for us, He formed us with His loving hands.
(From: Sons of Encouragement: The Prophet)
"Amos looked up and imagined the hand of God flinging stars like shining dust across the heavens. No. He was wrong to think such pagen thoughts, for God only had to utter a word and it was done. Only man had He shaped with His hands, using dust He created to form His most precious and amazing creation. Only man was molded and loved into being, the breath of life in his lungs given by God."
The Lord loves us so much that He used His hands to form us. He is amazing and so caring. I am constinatly in awe of how He thinks and feels and I love to discover things like---He formed us with His hands! I know that the Bible says so, but to have revelation of how God works is amazing. For all of creation He spoke, but for us, He formed us with His loving hands.
(From: Sons of Encouragement: The Prophet)
Monday, July 21, 2008
Bound 4 Life
Eze 22:30
"So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one."
We have to stand in the gap for the lives of the unborn babies. We have to cry out for their lives to be saved. If we do not then their blood is on our hands, and we will be asked by the Lord, "Why did you not stand in the gap for life?"
Bound 4 Life is an organization that is doing just that and we can partner with them and the Lord now. How? Buy life bands, pray, stand with your family, friends, schools, places of business and cry out for justice and life. That is intercession, that is standing in the gap. Here is a quick prayer you could use:
"Jesus I plead your blood over my sins and the sins of my nation, God end abortion and send revival to America"
Bless you!
"So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one."
We have to stand in the gap for the lives of the unborn babies. We have to cry out for their lives to be saved. If we do not then their blood is on our hands, and we will be asked by the Lord, "Why did you not stand in the gap for life?"
Bound 4 Life is an organization that is doing just that and we can partner with them and the Lord now. How? Buy life bands, pray, stand with your family, friends, schools, places of business and cry out for justice and life. That is intercession, that is standing in the gap. Here is a quick prayer you could use:
"Jesus I plead your blood over my sins and the sins of my nation, God end abortion and send revival to America"
Bless you!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
