Moving Along

By Gods grace things are moving along. I found out today that our dossier is in order and has already been sent to the Rwandan Embassy in Washington D.C. I was very excited to hear this and to see things moving along.

Now here's my question:

If the process of adoption and bringing someone into our home to accept and nurture is all that God wants of us then why are there so many hurdles and why does it take so long?

If God was ultimately just concerned with orphans in Christian homes then the process would take 1 day? Right! But we spend months and years waiting for these children to come home. Then there are the speed bumps and road blocks that you experience along the way. Missing papers and inadequate information seem to be the norm and expected when adopting children. Thousands of dollars add up from processing fees to airplane tickets.

So why all the difficulty?

I believe that the Almighty God of the Universe is more glorified with our submissive, content, patient hearts then the actual service that we render. Please don't hear me wrong, adoption or any other work we do to serve others in Christ's name is honorable and worthy, but those things can become worthless if our hearts are not completely submissive to God. We try and take God's glory when we push our own agenda and then we end up serving ourselves, not God. Our adoption of two children from Africa is not going to be easy or quick (or cheap), but Jesse and I both want our Lord to work through us to glorify His Name. So I can wait another 7-9 months before our dear children come home to us because they are already (and have always been) in the Lord's hands and His timing is ALWAYS perfect. May God be glorified in your day today.

Love, Jessica