Last weekend I had the most wonderful dreams! I dreamed every night of our baby. What heart break to wake up and realize they weren't true though! I haven't dreamed this much about our baby before and wonder if this is a sign that we are getting closer? I can only hope it's a sign! I've been praying for patience lately and a lot of it. The hardest things for adoptive parents has got to be the waiting part. Forget about the paperwork, fees, personal questions, and doctor visits. Looking back that was definitely the "easy" part of this process.
One of the adoption books I read during our application process talked a lot about the waiting process. The book is called "Successful Adoption, a guide for christian families." It's written by Natalie Gillespie. She talks about how the waiting process is extremely tough, but God has a plan in all of it. He uses this time to make your faith grow, stretch you beyond your comfort zone, and into a new level of trusting and believing in him. I have to agree, the book was right on with this. After all, it is pretty rare for God to work right away. He usually makes us wait. The book tells us to not waste our wait time complaining about what we do not yet have (our child) but instead make it our goal to ask God what he wants us to do during this wait time to draw us closer to him, our families, etc. Starting today, I want to stop wasting our wait time and start truly searching to God for how he wants us to spend our time.
The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. -Deuteronomy 31:8
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