For example, May 27th marked Mary Clair's 2nd birthday. How did that happen?? Wasn't she just born? My sister's birthday was also in May and she turned 24....wasn't I just 24? On a much less significant note, my garden has grown so much! In just a short couple of months we've got so many cucumbers that we're already enjoying (and will share if you want some!) and lots of tomatoes waiting to ripen. Where does the time go?
We continue to change, grow and be refined as we wait for our adoption process to come to a close too. I'm learning more and more about being a graceful and grace-filled mom and wife every day. Jake is learning too; what does it mean to be the leader of my household, how can I point my family to Christ...etc. One thing I have been learning lately is how to wait on the Lord, to put my hope in him.
As soon as we got our monthly email the past two months and only 4 kids were placed in those two months, I became frustrated with the wait! I'm tired of waiting. I want to know my kid. I want him/her to be here with us. I'm weary. But then I call this to mind....
Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
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He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
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Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
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but those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 40:28-31
What a great encouragement! I am the daughter of the One who doesn't grow tired and weary. He will give me strength. Praise Him for giving me strength!
Now I will admit, every day is not so easy in the waiting process, but I know it is all in God's timing. Who knows, our kid may have just been born...
Only God knows...
And I'm okay with that.
Thank you Lord for strength...in everything. Including waiting.
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