Thursday, May 31, 2012

Side step...

 It has been 1year 3 months and 3weeks since we started on this faithful journey!
It has been such a beautiful journey of ups and downs. Our faith has been tested to say the least! Our faith is being strengthened. We have had to put up our shield of faith and know that it will be exactly as God said it will be. We are still going through the storm, but God is still protecting us.

We are listening to his guidance, he is requesting us to take a step sideways, I have felt like he has been preparing us for this, for months. I wanted to jump when I first felt like this but, Josh has faithfully said we need to wait on the Lord and for is guidance. So by waiting I feel like we are doing exactly what he was asking. Getting to this point was hard and painful, and we didn't just get an email from God with the plan, that would be nice though, instead we got his words in the form of scripture. It amazes me how many times I can read a verse and how many times the same verse  changes to guide me in this journey.

Romans 4:18
18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”[a] 

Judges 6:12
12 When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.

Matthew 18:19-20

19 “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”

I am excited for this step, it is still scary but I feel good, I feel like this is pleasing to God!

Thank you Lord for loving us! Your love is amazing and gracious. We need you always! May this next chapter be your will God, let this be your story through us. To you be the Glory Savior!

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Family Photo

This  is NOT the picture on the wall, this is one of the most recent ones I could find!

I have been staring at a family photo on the wall,  from 3 years ago thinking how much we have all changed. How at that time we thought that our little family was complete. How God had not even began to stir in our hearts about adoption. I remember that morning getting ready for pictures it was crazy and stressful! Mainly because I wanted everything to be just right, little did I know that God was still making plans for our family. Our family is not yet complete ! I can not tell you what our new family picture will look like only God knows! But I can't wait ...........................

11 months

Most of the things God promises to do in our lives usually takes longer than we thought it would, hurts more than we thought we could ever stand, and cost more than we ever thought we could sacrifice! It's FAITH its worth it!

Lord, I am lifting my shield of faith! I know that the plan you have for us Lord is big, it so Good and so amazing that only you could orchestrate it. I believe and know that we will see the outcome of our faith! Joy is powerful, more powerful then the enemy! I am doubting all doubt, We will not stop praying and asking and seeking you Lord! With you Lord we will not be defeated! LOVE ALWAYS WINS!