Yes, I hear you loud and clear! I know...enough already with the silly quizzes! Ah, but it was fun while it lasted! :) I am easily entertained. Betsy suggested that I start buying the Teen magazines again to get all of the quizzes I want. Now wouldn't that be pathetic if I traded in my Paula Deen magazine subscription for TEEN. I am easily entertained, but trust me...food entertains me waay more than quizzes do! I'll stick to reading recipes! :) I will try to limit myself in posting ridiculous quizzes for you all. :)
So what is up with our adoption? Well, here we are...waiting, waiting, waiting! I am still filled with wonder. I will tell you that about a week ago I seriously thought that I couldn't handle this anymore. I needed to know what was happening. I was so tempted to give up...however, that is not an option. We know, that we know, that we know we are suppose to adopt. The Lord reassured me that this isn't about me. He reassured me that He is producing in me a degree of perseverance that I have yet to experience. I am one who usually is able to figure out a way to make things happen. I am persistent. I am excitable. I get excited with something and run with it! That has been the case with our adoption, but now all we can do is wait. There isn't anything "extra" that I can be doing, except staying on my knees before Him.
I haven't given you an update for awhile because we were waiting for the Lord to reveal His will regarding a certain situation we had been presented with. It involved a sibling group whose parents rights had been terminated. We wanted to make sure that we were remaining open to the Lord's will. We didn't want to be swayed by others fears and concerns. We had to deal with our own fears with the Lord, before we could handle other's. Things became extremely intense for awhile. It seemed as though they might actually become a blessed part of our family, however the Lord planned otherwise. At this point a family member has stepped forward for these precious children. We are once again humbled that the Lord laid them so heavily upon our hearts and asked us to cover them in prayer. The fact that the Lord made it so clear to us that we were to pursue them was amazing in itself! The fact that we were even being considered for them was amazing in itself. The waiting was intense, the wondering was intense. And once again He was showing us that this isn't about us.
I will still be praying for their little lives. I will pray for the Lord's Sovereign will to be done in their lives. Now we just wait for Him to show us the next rock in this journey. I can look back up all of these "rocks" where He is increasing my faith along this journey. It brings me great comfort, encouragement and strength to press on. I wait with expectation for what He is working out right this very minute! Praise Jesus...He has been, He is, and He will continue to work mightily on our behalf even when we can't see it!
There's the update...and the reason for many of the silly quizzes.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
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Posted by Laura Lu at 3:15 PM
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I love quizzes!
I am sorry you have had to go through so much.
Your faith is increasing. I see it totally and God is using this time, you are right.
I think you have endured enough my friend. IT IS TIME.
Okay...okay.... that was just my humaness speaking . I know God's timing is perfect and He already knows when and who it will be.
Sadly, I am imaptient.
HUGS.
I sooo understand the "go get-em" attitude. I, too, have that ability to get 'er done...to MAKE things happen...to see them through to the end by my own ability. It can be good. Except when it's ...well, NOT. You know? :)
So when the circumstances hedge me in so I can do nothing but lean on the Lord...it's hard to quiet that inner runner in me. But oh so good. (in the end) ;)
And I totally agree with your heart to come to terms with your own fears before putting it out there for the world to "two cents" it to death.
We, as your blog readers, have good intentions. But we do not have the Lord's knowledge of what he has called your family to. And as we both know, His ways are not ours...and therefore can't always be understood with logic or good advice.
continue to trust him. I know He'll blow you away with his deep wells of provision.
Thanks for sharing, Laura. I can't even imagine how very difficult this must be. How wonderful that you are clinging to the Lord and He is growing and increasing your faith during this time of unknowns and WAIT...we all have the privilege to "see" (OK...maybe "read" is a better word) that first hand as you share your journey with us here. Thanks for sharing...(oh, I DO still like the quizzes, though!)! :-)
"Hangeth Thou in There Baby!" Words to live by...you can't go wrong waiting on the Lord! Way to keep the faith!
Laura,
I'd love to talk more with you about your heart for adoption. I've followed your journey for a few months now, and my heart goes out to you.
Feel free to email me if you'd like.
My email address is on my blog
Laura,
IF and only IF you feel like emailing me, got to my SPIRIT OF ADOPTION blog and you'll find my address.
I, for one, loved the quizzes! Brought me back to the day when I (yes!) LOVED TEEN magazine! And you know what? I could use the "break" from adoption talk too!! I love following your story & seeing the different ways that God is using your family - I can't wait to see this journey to the end (or the beginning) and I will continue to remember you in my prayers!
Laura,
Don't you dare give up that Paula Deen mag subscription--isn't she great?? Every recipe is a winner. I love her mag.
I love to read the adoption updates. Thanks for sharing.
Shaunna
Hang in there Laura, I also feel your pain, excitment and frustration.
Found your blog through Courtney. I'm so glad I did. It's wonderful to find someone waiting along with me that is full of faith.
Glad you're able to look at the rocks along the way as blessings.
Laura- how funny that you get Paula Deen. Jon was home from work one day and saw her on a talk show and said later (I wasn't home) "Sometimes I think that people just clap because they think they should" I said "Why?" He said, "As soon as they announced that Paula Deen was the guest, everyone started clapping like they'd heard of her!?! Who is she?" He was completely SHOCKED that I knew who she was!! :)
Love you! I can't wait until you get to the 'other side' and can testify to God's hand putting you exactly where you needed to be.
Jill
I feel your pain... it seems we are in the exact same place which is waiting for God's perfect timing!
I happened upon your blog through Christin's...
So much of what you've said here (about adoption) could have been said from my own mouth. We're in that waiting phase... nearly done with our foster license, hoping and praying to adopt one or more (sibling group) from the state's foster care system. I am such a DOER and want things to MOVE. But it doesn't. Move. And all the delays and roadblocks recently have me even doubting, "Did we mishear God? Are we really supposed to be doing this?" The waiting is all too familiar to us b/c we adopted internationally a couple of years ago, but I still struggle so much with it. And yet as I seek God, I hear Him simply saying, "Wait." I am sure it is for my own refinement and so it is GOOD. I trust Him. And so I'm praying that I will wait *patiently*; that He will give me perseverance and strength and contentment even in the waiting.
Not that you needed my life story or anything, but there's part of it! ~grin~
I'll be back to follow your journey. :)
~Stacy
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