Little Lessons

I'm feeling very convicted by the verse that the children copied during their copy work time this morning. Jonah 4:4, "And the Lord said, 'do you do well to be angry?'" I feel God asking me that question so very often during the day. And I have to admit that more often than not, I'm angry over something much smaller than a worm-eaten vine.

Paging JeffCo Red Cross....

Jared spoke with our social worker on Monday. She said that the only hold-up on our home study is Jared's CPR card. He took the class 2 wks before I did! DHR has requested a copy of his card three times, & each time Red Cross has sent a copy of mine. Tara now has 3 copies of my card and none of his! How frustrating!
He did receive a bit of encouraging news. We don't have to have our official license from Montgomery before learning more about the children we've submitted inquiries on. As soon as Tara's supervisor signs off on our home study, we are good to go! Yay! One less governmental process to wait on!

Wanting More

I sat down to read for 5 minutes, just 5 minutes. Trouble is, the book I sat down with was Kisses from Katie. I was (am) just blown away by the amazing things God has done and is doing through this young lady's life. Reading her story makes me want to fill our house with children. Jared said, "maybe I should read it too." My response to him was, "oh you should definitely read it. Just be ready."

The waiting is extremely hard today...extremely hard and extremely frustrating because Jared and I can't do anything more at this point. The process is out of our hands; we are at the mercy, so to speak, of our county social workers. It's not a fun place to be. However, I need to preach to myself this truth: Underneath those small hands of DHR are the mighty hands of our loving heavenly Father. He alone is sovereign. He alone is orchestrating every step in this adoption process for our good and His glory. "Lord I believe, help my unbelief."