4 More Days...

4 more days until our July 30th hearing. We were told that on July 15th the judge said he needs time to read the guidelines regarding adoption. I keep hearing, seeing, and thinking about the story of the Israelites in Egypt; God sending Moses to tell Pharaoh to let his people go from captivity and Pharaoh's hard heart. Adoption can feel like that; like our babies are being held captive and need to be set free, but the judges are hard hearted towards adoption. Please pray the judge will have no peace or rest until he passes us with written orders!



Some words that have preached to me lately...

"We've all walked through seasons where our circumstances don't seem to line up with God's promises. But just because they don't line up doesn't mean God isn't going to show up. Our God is a God of completion. He makes promises and then He fulfills them (Heb. 10:23). Yes, the journey may be harder than we expected. The road to our promise may not look anything like we thought it would. But we can rest assured that there is never a question of whether or not our God will be faithful...We can trust Him. Even when the road gets hard. Even when life takes unexpected twists and turns. Our God is a promise-keeping God."

 

"Little by little," (Exodus 23:30) God told the children of Israel He was going to come through on His promise, but He had a time and a plan that was best for them.

 

From another adoptive momma..."We knew when we decided to adopt that we were intentionally walking into a battlefield. Anything that reflects God's redemption is the exact opposite of what the enemy desires. Jesus is for life and life abundant. The enemy's aim is to steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10)...The enemy has tried to kill and destroy her life. He is now working to steal more time from her life because he knows we're coming. We, her family, are coming with a small reflection of God's big redemption. We are coming to pursue her heart and to do all we can to make sure she has an abundant life within our family...We can't expect a judge, who doesn't know the Lord, to have any sense of urgency for orphans or a sensitivity of his own to the will of God. Instead, we expect the enemy to use what he can to steal more time. So, we pray down the battle. That God would go before, behind, and hem our family in. That just like the Israelites, He would go before and win the victory."

 

"God is working. He is. Trust the process. Saturate your mind with His truth. And let His voice be the loudest in your life."

 

The devil is vicious, but he is not victorious. (Eph. 6:10-11)



Thank you Amy for the sign in front of the church!

Thank you for your prayers! Keep them coming!