By Faith

I had to post today because it was on this day a year ago that Ted and I had decided to take that step (or should I say leap?) of faith and adopt a child from the Ukraine. It was interesting that night I still was so unsure about it. I had asked God that if this is what He really wanted then when I opened my Bible to have my Bible open to the verse where I had written Sasha's name by it a year ago, the time when we had started to pray for her. It was Psalm 27:10 " Though my father and mother forsake me the Lord will receive me." Of course I opened it about ten times and I still never got to the verse. I decide to just go to the verse and read it. And that is when I realized the verses chapter and number 27:10. It struck me because it was the 27th of October the 10th month of the year. 27 - 10 . What a great sign God had given me and ever since we had started down this road there has been no pangs of "this isn't what we should do" or feelings that this wasn't the path that God had wanted us to go on. But instead we have received huge reassurances from Him with scripture and other signs that He is present in this and helping us. Isaiah 41:10 and 13 "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." and " For I am the Lord your God: who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you." are two verses He has given us from the start and they continue to still ring true in everything that has happened and I know in everything that will come.
I also find God's timing so great in all things that are happening. Yesterday we had our BSF class which told us of Enoch and his faith. It was so reassuring to me. Like He was reminding me about all He is doing and how He is always there and all we need to do is to just continue to focus on Him, what He wants for us. Walking with God by faith, trusting and believing in Him. Not worrying about what we think that the future will entail but trusting that He knows what the future holds for us and that it is what is best for us. A lot of people tell me that it must be so hard for us not knowing who the child will be that we will adopt or not being able to adopt Sasha. And yes it would be hard if I focused on me but I just look to Him because He knows that if Sasha will be best that He will have her there for us. He also knows that if there is another that will be best that He will have her there for us. Beth Moore talked on the verse in Psalm 37:4" Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart." That when you do that you find that your desires become what He desires for you. And that is what we want,the child that He desires for us. We know the plans He has for us and this child plans to prosper and not to harm plans to give hope and a future. A dear friend wrote to us and said that, "He is worthy of being trusted with our whole hearts and lives and the lives of those we love." And so we trust and walk in faith with Him with our lives and the lives of those we love.
How great Thou art, how great Thou art!
Isaiah 55:8-9
Psalm 91:14-15