Gifts

Once again, Nothing new.  It's hard to update when there is nothing to update but I want to keep every one up to date on the fact that there's no update.  lol.  Read that one a few times fast.  You're all so kind to continue reading when it's the same over and over each month.  We’re still at an expected wait time of 9 more months.  Of course, every month that goes up so 10 months ago we were told 8 months and the wait time has increased every month. (current 19 month estimated wait time minus the 10 months we’ve currently been waiting =9 more months)  We’ve given up trying to guestimate a timeline at this point which is actually very freeing.  I’ll be thrilled when it happens but the Lord has blessed me with the ability to stop fretting over it and enjoy life today.
On a very cool note, Last week Daniel and I were listening to a talk about listening to God.  At the end we did a very brief exercise in which we were to write down everything that came into our mind.  I kept thinking of the song that I learned as a little girl.  (Side note….I’m quite aware that many of the songs that I thought I had learned as a kid Daniel has pointed out that I’m singing completely wrong words to so yes, I later realized I was once again singing the wrong words but thats beside the point……on to my point.) “There will be showers of blessings, showers of blessing we need. There will be showers of blessings, showers of blessings indeed!”  The picture in my head was of me standing under a waterfall.  I hadn’t thought much of it but over the past 10 days it has become clear that my spiritual ears were right.   We have been bombarded with an out pouring of love from the Lord!  So many people have given us encouraging words, letters, gifts, and prayers this week!  We’ve been given passages of scripture that are so perfect for what we’re dealing with this week that it’s crazy!!  I had read a blog post that my cousin Amy had written and was struck by the Extravagance of the Lord only then to turn around and be slapped in the face with his extravagance!!!  It’s so good to be reminded that the Lord loves his people and desires to bring us joy!  We just have to remember and trust that his timing is ALWAYS perfect and his gifts arrive on time.  He desires the best for us and many times that means waiting.   It makes me so excited because I know in the end it will be SO worth it!!    

Matthew 7:9-15New International Version (NIV)

⁹ “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? ¹⁰ Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? ¹¹ If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!