Ok to my few and faithful blog checker uppers (Dad,) my humblest apologies! When I get a few moments of downtime I must confess, blog writing does not make the top 10.
Nutshell version of us: nothing has changed. We still live here in West Michigan, still attend the same church, school etc... And still are fostering a lovely 2.5!!! Year old Little Lady, busy, like you, with camps, soccer, friend play and summer fun.
Little bit bigger version: in January we were anticipating having a lot of changes by now.
1. Brad applied to a job within the same school but a completely different job. No go.
2. We were considering being a part of an exciting new campus church that our church is launching later this fall. God told us to stay put.
3. We were hoping to use our open summer months to be painting, moving and getting settled into a new house. We are still waiting to close and are hoping to move mid August instead. Don't even get me started on how much "fun" house showings aren't. :0
4. We were not thinking adoption would be finalized but at least hoping for some progress...which we have. We have heard that all relatives interested in pursuing adoption of Little Lady have been denied by our agency. We are assuming this means that we are the only family considered for adoption at this point. The state right now has all the paperwork at this point and, bless their little hearts, they get to READ it all and place their seal of approval (we hope!) on it. This, obviously, is a slow process. Add to that the fact that I was just informed yesterday that we now have a different adoption worker (social work is NOT for wimps!) So, there really is no new news to share at this point. We still get up everyday and hear "Momma, awake now", I'm still trying to figure out good hair product!, we are painting a room in our new house PINK and we still have three getting older too fast boys that are protective of the princess.
I keep coming back to the words Faithfulness and Sovereignty.
It's been neat for me to grow in the conviction and belief I have that God really,truly and for real is the supreme ruler of life's direction.
Proverbs says man ( and woman) plans his course but God determines his steps.
I have discovered that as I relinquish my desire to control ( which is an illusion anyway!) the peace I have amid unknown or unsettling times is astounding.
And meanwhile, God entrusts me with many things, people, resources and responsiblites that he expects me to manage well...to be faithful in and through. Perhaps not involving a new and exciting adventure but to remain faithful and pursue diligence.
So for today we are trusting God is directing the steps he asks us to take...
One day at a time.
And perhaps I'll be a bit more faithful in my blogging updates. ;)
