The Lord Has Provided

Post by Brent:

If you've been following this blog, you know that Lori has made all of the posts to date. Sometime we collaborate and often I read them before they are posted, but never before have I felt that I needed to contribute directly. Today I felt compelled to add something about what's been going on recently from my perspective. From the very beginning of our adoption journey we have felt that this was something that we had been called to do and not simply something that we wanted to do. Because of this we undertook a huge step in faith to begin something that we knew we did not have the resources to complete.  Since we started the adoption process there have been a few times when I couldn't help but wonder how we were going to do it. On two of those occasions I felt God reprimanding me for not having faith that He who created all things would provide the means to complete what he was asking us to do... and so we continued on. Recently I was talking with someone who made it quite clear that they thought that we should have never began this journey without having the funds to complete it sitting in a bank account somewhere. This conversation weighed heavily on me and again the seeds of doubt tried to sprout up in my mind. For the past three weeks, we have been waiting while the State of Illinois reviewed our home study knowing that once we received approval it would be time to submit to USCIS for approval and that along with that would come the first costs that we would not have the money to pay for. Then it happened... on Monday of this week we received an unexpected check in the mail that would not only cover the USCIS fees but also the costs for the Chinese Consulate to authenticate our documentation! God is so great, so faithful and His word is the absolute truth! In Matthew chapter 6 verse 25 says; "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?"  Christ was saying that he will meet all of our needs, and since God is the same yesterday, today and forever, the same thing holds true today! God has and will continue to provide. Thank you to all who have been praying for us as we continue on the wonderful journey that God has called us to.