Soon

Soon we will be going back to Ukraine.  We can't wait to see what God has in store this time.  So many times in the midst of this adoption I have struggled to keep my heart and mind focused on God and his plan for all of this.  Oh how easy it was to have my mind wander to why this and why that.  I even began to doubt whether we were going down the path that God wanted us to be on.  Was He trying to show us a different road to take or did we just need to be still a while longer.  My faith has been tested over and over and the waiting has been treacherous.  But God in all His awesomeness has shown me in ways that only He could that we are doing what He has commanded us to do. 

Some people have said to me how great it is that we are doing this because they couldn't do it.   I don't think that Gary and I are doing anything extraordinary.  But we serve an extraordinary God who is using two simple people like us to adopt two beautiful children.  We are weak but He is strong.  He is just asking us to trust Him and follow where He leads. 

The Bible verse in the header of this blog says it all for me.
    
     Once our eyes are opened, we can't pretend we don't know what to do.  God, who weighs our hearts and keeps our souls, knows that we know and holds us responsible to act.  Proverbs 24:12

Tina