The Baker's Wage
Drumroll please...... Nathan and I are now fully funded for our adoption and have the funds for our attorney! What a huge burden lifted off of our shoulders! The funny thing is, is that so many people have said to me that the hard part is now over, and as much as I would love to say they are right, that is far from the truth. Yes, being fully funded is a huge step in our process, however, I believe the hardest part is the wait, the unknown, the anticipation of when this beautiful child will be ours. The hardest part is not giving God our timeline, but trusting and being present in His timeline! I found myself the other day saying how nice it would be to have our baby for certain events coming up in our lives or how nice it would be to have our child before my niece and nephew are too old to be close to our child and I had to stop myself and realize that I was trying to tell God when we thought would be best for us to start our family and not living for the excitement of knowing that He has the perfect plan for us, for our future family and for our beautiful baby!
Nathan and I now have the joy of preparing ourselves to be parents and praying for our baby and for the birth parents. Praying that through this process not only would we be blessed with this child, but that the birth parents would be blessed through the love of God! Our journey has only just begun!
Psalm 27:14 “Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!”
Isaiah 40:31“But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
~Caitie
Hi, Caitie! God randomly put you on my mind today, and I searched your name to find your blog. :) (This is Stephanie Fitzgerald Russell from Grace.) ;) I am so excited about your adoption journey and will be praying for you and your husband and your coming children and their birth families! We adopted a newborn son in 2015. Adoption is a beautiful calling and serious spiritual warfare. God will mature you so much in the wait and in the receiving and raising of your child. In our training, we were introduced to Karyn Purvis and a paradigm shift in how to parent. I have definitely experienced the grace and love of the Lord in a new way as we have traveled the path of disability and medical testing and therapies. But we know God chose this little guy for us just like He has a precious boy or girl chosen for you!
ReplyDeleteYou will be in my prayers! Tell your family I said hi!
Hi Stephanie! I just saw that I had a comment! I am so sorry I haven't responded sooner! Thank you so much for your words of encouragement and for your prayers! This is such an exciting journey and we know God has the perfect child picked out for us! We will keep you posted!
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