We've come up with our financial goal, but there is one aspect that remains undecided. At first, we felt led to adopt two children this time, possibly at the same time or one right after the other. Looking at where we are right now, we realize that may simply have been God's way of leading us to one specific child. We are reviewing the file of a little 3-year-old boy and researching his special need. To make a long story short, the evolution of events has been such that we don't believe we would have seen this child's file had we not sought to adopt two. We have been careful in asking for advice in this regard (although we have been diligently researching the pros/cons) because our desire is to hear an answer from one voice. Of course you know who that is! Quite frankly, it sounds on the verge of insanity to us, it feels scary to the point of a gripping fear, it seems impossible with our current circumstances. But if we know for certain it is the call of Christ to do this, we will do it. I feel selfish in asking for more prayer, but it is definitely an area where prayer warriors are needed. We want to make sure we keep the needs in focus of the three beautiful blessings we already have, as well as the needs of the child or children who will be coming home. I can imagine about two dozen ways Satan would try to use this against our family. When we post our financial goal and progress so far, we wanted folks to be aware of the reason we actually have two goals. We'll also post when the final decision has been made on how we are proceeding.
Thanks for the prayers, and smiles!
Continuing to pray for your beautiful family! The Lord promises to pour out His blessings upon you and you will find favor with Him. He has for you JOY UNSPEAKABLE!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for that reminder, Joanne. :)
DeleteThanks to everyone for all the prayers!