Alll the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. Psalm 139:16

I love that verse! God can speak to us through anything,right? Yes, I believe, even through a fortune Cooke! At the end of last year, right before we were matched with our baby (ok toddler) Steve received a fortune cookie that stated "you will soon enjoy a trip to Asia" strange one huh? Much different from the usual "friendship will find you if you look for it " kind of thing. Pretty strong prediction, even for a fortune cookie, if you ask me.  A few days later we received "the call" and were told we were going to China to pick up our daughter. A few weeks later when I was cleaning out the house I found a letter I had written to my mom. I remembered the purple stationary with the teddy bear at the top but not the letter's content. I wrote the letter when I was around 11 years old so my parents had not even had my brothers at the time. The letter was about am older girl who lived in an orphanage. All she wanted for her birthday was to be adopted. Well, in walk a couple ages 41 and 42 (Steve and I are not quite that age yet) just Saying- anyway the couple was getting older so they didn't want a newborn, they wanted an older child!
I can't get over that story and how I found it at just the right time. God's timing is perfect even if it doesn't match up with ours! It's still amazing to me that God knew long ago and placed the desire to adopt in my heart long before I even knew it.  He already knows , He's already there!

TRUST AND OBEY

For there's no other way to be happy in Jesus than to TRUST and OBEY! I've listened to a dozen podcasts this week all from Craig Groeschel, on our words, our thoughts. He suggested choosing a word, phrase, and verse to define your year. EASY! Without effort, the word  "trust" came to mind and bc everything in my mind runs to the tune of a song, the first thing that came to mind was the old hymn Trust and Obey.   My verse, probably my favorite,  is Romans 15:13. May the God of hope fill you with all peace and joy as you trust in Him. This part of the adoption process is moving in fast forward and although I'm thankful, I must admit I am a little terrified (if it's possible to be terrified just a little). Some of these thoughts occasionally cross my mind while others sit there. HOWEVER, I trust in a God who is constant. He has been faithful and will continue to be faithful. Groeschel said, " you don't have to understand completely to obey immediately." I am so glad we chose to obey!