The waiting for us is over and for that we are so thankful. The verse we held on to was Psalm 27:14...."Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the Lord.
WAIT...We have all had to use this word in some way or another. It is way too common of a word for those in the adoption world. Seldom is it greeted with a warm embrace. This one word holds a tremendous amount of power. When our Heavenly Father speaks it, we know it is what we need to do.
Your Heavenly Father says...
"Wait," I see beyond the stretch of yesterday, the reality of today and the corner of tomorrow.
"Wait," you will find joy and wisdom in this arduous journey.
"Wait," trust in My faithfulness and love, even when things don't make sense.
"Wait," the process is sometimes the only available venue for a miracle.
"Wait," I have a supreme surprise for you and want you to remain for the perfect moment.
"Wait," and know that along each path of life, I will walk with you.
"Wait," I know and hold your child.
"Wait"
(taken from an adoption article)
We know He brought us our Kella Hope in His timing and His way. When I look back on our wait, I know He used it again to grow our faith and dependence on Him. It is easy to want things done in our timing, but as we now have Kella home just a week and a half, we know His timing is perfect. She is pure sugar. We are all crazy in love with this blessing. We are so excited to watch God mold and grow this little life.
To those of you still waiting...hang in there and know He is in control, always. It is so worth the wait!
We followed Jesus to find our Kella. I remember struggling with what agency to use, or whether to do a private adoption attorney and knowing that the time was ticking away before Guatemalan adoptions would stop. He led us every step of the way! God is faithful! Even though there were fears and doubts if this could go through with all the uncertainties, Jesus gave us this incredible gift. Our God is awesome. He loves the orphans of the world. His timing is perfect. His love is everlasting. God created our family, both from here and afar and we are forever thankful!
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5 comments:
Congratulations! Your baby Kella is just beautiful. I love the scripture you quoted... how perfect!!
I've been thinking SO many of those thoughts you shared and was planning on posting it soon with a pic of my girls in their "worth the wait" bibs.. I may still post it : )
Thank you for sharing your heart, wisdom and the TRUTH! Kella is so special and hand-picked by the Father for your beautiful family! Praising God for the way He always completes that which He begins!!
Isn't it true of all He has for us...in the waiting that He does the greatest works in us. Why is it that we don't like to wait? We can be like spoiled little children with our Daddy sometimes. I love your thoughts. It is such a great reminder and encouragement to embrace the wait and receive it with great joy! I was just looking at Libi yesterday trying to remember not "knowing" her. It was next to impossible. Seems like He always know what He is up to. :)
She is precious! Thanks for starting the blog so I can follow along! :)
Kella is so beautiful! I'm so glad God re-connected us!!
Stacy
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