Of Course....

Of course this would happen, the question was more, "When will it start?" Adoption is a funny thing. It stirs people to good and to bad. We knew there would be questions to challenge us along the way, we knew there would be people who don't really understand because they haven't had the specific call to adopt; in fact, we were once there ourselves. And quite honestly, I'm sure this is just the beginning of many more challenging comments and questions to come! But some questions just come so unexpected and in a tone that begs curiosity to ask if that person asking the challenging questions is offended at our desire to adopt. We've had that about twice already in our short journey. The first time, there were 3 HUGE questions and then the subject quickly changed. The second time was not that way. In fact, it was quite the opposite. The person asking continues to bring it up as if trying to change our mind. Of course, it's always good to take things back to the Lord and ask Him to sift what is His voice in the matter and what is just man's. All of this kind of reminds me of Nehemiah and how he was discouraged to rebuild the wall after the Lord had given him a burden along with favor from the King and vision. In chapter 4 it talks about how Sanballet and his guys discouraged and were angry. Now, this may be a little different... bare with me. The Lord has called us to do something, not build a wall, but adopt. We don't know when the children will actually be in our arms, we don't know who they are, we don't even know how He is going to provide the miraculous dollar amount that we don't have. We just know He has called us, therefore WILL equip us. He is SOVEREIGN and owns cattle on a thousand hills and will sell a few of those to bring our children home I'm sure. Anyway, the end of this blog goes something like this. Nehemiah and his gang ended up rebuilding that wall and glorifying God in it. The call survived heavy discouragement and attempts to conquer. The vision was carried out, completed. There was much discouragement and even plotting to fight against them (which thankfully, we DON'T have that). And quite honestly, I would dare to say, many naysayers don't even realize what they are doing half the time in their discouraging pessimistic comments. Trust me, I'm no optimist, and I've had my fair share of sticking my foot in the ol' mouth (it's big enough) and not even knowing it! So, there you have it. Have we been discouraged? Yes. Will we remain discouraged? No. Will we continue to walk forward in this and ask the Lord for His wisdom and guidance (to the point where He could say, "Adoption is no longer an option")? Yep. But let the Lord say it, until then, we press on! Please pray for us, that we would not grow weary in this season of pursuing our children. God bless.