Faith, Hope and a Reoccurring Question

Photo from our adoption photo shoot by Arielle Elise

I'm sorry I haven't blogged much lately.  Sometimes it's hard to find different words to say the same thing - we're still waiting.  I am glad to say I've been doing pretty good with the wait considering though.  I think I've just settled into it and am doing my best to be both realistic and hopeful at the same time.

I've been getting a lot of questions lately about our adoption timeline.  Well mainly just one question - when do you get your little boy?  I usually say the same thing, that I'm not sure, but we're on the waiting list and that it most likely will still be a while, but I am continuing to trust God in the waiting.

I read the verse below this morning, and it just brought such comfort to my soul.  Often the work of the Lord in my life and in our adoption isn't obvious or tangible, but just because I can't see it, that doesn't erase the fact that it is happening.  Even now, He is putting details in place to bring home our son at just the right time.  I don't know if my little guy has even been born, but God does.  I don't know when we will get that call and see a picture of him for the first time, but God does.  I don't know who might be taking care of him right now, but God does and He is.  He sees the big picture and is lining up all the little details to bring our son home to his forever family.

For now we continue to faithfully wait with arms and hearts open in expectation and hope.  

Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen;

it gives us assurance about things we cannot see ...

... by faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God's command,

that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen.

Hebrews 11:1 and 3