As we started our adoption journey, I would hear over and over again how the hardest part will be the waiting. We have found out that this is so true!
Honestly, I don't mind the filling out the paperwork--the grant writer in me, I suppose--but I DO mind the waiting: waiting for the appointments, waiting for the Home Study, waiting for approvals, waiting on others to do their part. If I were in control, our dossier would have been submitted, and we would be on our way to bring Bella home.
But, guess what? I am not in control, AND others are not in control--God is! What peace comes to my soul when I stop and remember that comforting fact! God IS in control, not me, not my social worker, not the state, not USCIS.... Therefore, I can rest in Him knowing that His timing is perfect and His ways are not my own. Ahh...Resting in Him. What comfort!
When times are trying, I meditate on this--my very favorite Bible verse:
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11
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Oh how I need to keep repeating that verse to myself!!! Our dossier has been done since the middle of January except for our I-171H (that we applied for in Dec). It is the only thing keeping us from sending our dossier to Ukraine. I have been having a hard time this weeks with the waiting. I am reminding myself over and over that God is in control and things will happen in His time.
ReplyDeleteWaiting and praying with you,
Jaime
Jaime,
ReplyDeleteI am sorry you have had to wait so long! Thanks for sharing. Will be praying for you too....Paula