Rejoicing!

The song God gave me his morning was "My HOPE is built on nothing less than Jesus blood and righteous. On Christ the solid rock I stand. All other ground is sinking sand."

I really reflected on those words and knew that YES my HOPE is truly in the blood of Jesus and in his righteousness. My hope is not in the answers we would receive today. It is not in the children I do or don't have. It is not in whether He answers my prayers in the way I want them answered. It is simply in Him!

And then I drove in the car and heard the song that says "Your grace is enough." Yes Lord it IS enough. If God NEVER gives me another blessing in my life, the grace He has lavished on me is already more than I deserve. This grace IS my life. Everything else is just icing on the cake.

The one word I could use to sum up my feelings of waiting was "resigned". Whatever answer He had for us today, I was resigned that it would be the right answer. I was resting in the peace that He knows what is best for me. Any pain He allows in my life, He has carefully weighed and measured and determined that it is worth it for the good that will come out of it and for the glory it will bring to him.

I say all that so that you know that my rejoicing in not just about the answer He has given today, but in WHO Christ is.

But we also rejoice that today we received the answer we have been waiting for for 5 1/2 weeks:
YES - OUR CHILDREN OUR COMING HOME!!!!!

God miraculously worked in the hearts of men, and the signature was granted today for our children to be transferred to another orphanage that IS licensed for international adoptions. There are still a few more pieces of paperwork being finished up before our case can be heard at court. We will know more in the coming days what the timeframe will look like. We are fully expectant that it could be in the next few days (which would be a miracle) or it could be several more months.

The Lord has impressed on my heart that I am not to focus on the details or the timing, but in the rejoicing of what He has done today.

Cry out, "Save us, O God our Savior;

gather us and deliver us from the nations,

that we may give thanks to your holy name,

that we may glory in your praise."
Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel,

from everlasting to everlasting.

Then all the people said "Amen" and "Praise the LORD."

I Chronicles 16:35-37