We Are Waiting

A couple of years ago the Praise Band at our church put together an album.  It is a great album and it has several original songs.  One of the songs in particular is called "We are Waiting".  The song speaks of how when we sow in tears we will reap in joy and is a constant reminder that God is indeed still working even when we are waiting.

Adoption is one waiting period after another.  You fill out paperwork, turn it in, and wait for the next group of paperwork.  You make a payment, then wait for the next one to be due.  You get the approval that you've been waiting on, then another approval looms in the distance.  It's like a roller coaster - not even counting the emotional ups and downs!  One of the hardest parts?  The fact that you cannot do anything other than follow directions and wait.  Nothing you can do will speed up the process.  It is out of your hands.  You just trust and obey.

Still, God is at work in the waiting.  Days that are so hard that you never think they will end do end eventually.  Money for payments that you think are impossible, God provides in a matter of days - from people and places that you never expect.  Days, weeks, and months of waiting eventually end.  And still God is on His throne and in charge of every aspect of our lives.  Faithful father.  Never changing.  Precious Savior.  Ever teaching.

Because God is so good, He sends little(or big) reminders along the way to help you keep swimming.  Updates or unexpected pictures.  Precious mothers who have already traveled and have sent pictures of our precious boy.  Words cannot express our gratitude.  A precious friend or family member gives us a gift to help us bring him home.  Again, a thank you just doesn't seem like enough.  How do you thank someone for playing a part in putting your forever family together?

7 steps.  According to the paperwork we have in hand, we only have 7 more steps to complete until we will travel to China.  I'm tempted to wish away the time.  Instead, I hope that I can stay calm, sit back, and watch God work out the rest of the details in His perfect time and way.  I pray that I will never forget everything he has taught us during this process in our family.  What He has started He will take to completion - a promise from Him that I choose to believe.

"Now to Him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us - to Him be glory"  Ephesians 3:20-21