“Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about
everything. Tell God what you need, and
thank Him for all He has done.” Philippians 4:6
This blog update is entirely
overdue, and we apologize for this delayed post. However, there is some rationale behind our
lack of blog activity regarding our adoption process. The reality is that there has been very
little change in our status since our last update. We are still in the “waiting stage,” and we
really are not sure when we might receive our little boy. So, we continue to trust that God will allow
this to happen in His timing.
To be dead honest, the waiting
part has been much more difficult than we expected. In many ways it is like a pregnancy with no
due date. We’ve prepared ourselves (as
best as we can) and our home for his arrival.
So, on one hand we have spent a lot of time thinking of “Henry” as
already a member of our family. Yet, on
the other hand, Henry remains a big mystery.
We’ve never met him, and we don’t know when we will adopt him. This emotional tension has been tricky to
handle.
While
the waiting process has been tough on us, it has also been healthy in many ways. One, we have had ample time to plan for
Henry’s arrival. Our friends and family
have been extremely generous in providing so many “baby essentials” for
us. It has been really encouraging to
see God provide for us through these people.
Two, this process has really stretched our faith. We still believe that God is urging us to
pursue adoption, and we remain convinced that He is in full control of our
situation.
Indeed, we find ourselves extremely
hopeful in this process as well. This
verse in Philippians that we mentioned above has provided enormous reassurance
to us. It implores us to tell God what we
need. We’ve done that…pretty much every
day for the last several months. So, He
definitely knows. The verse also tells
us to thank Him for all that He has done for us. This points us to the Cross, which helps take our
focus off of ourselves. Keeping this
perspective is not easy, but when we acknowledge what Christ has done for us,
our wait seems rather insignificant.
Many
of you have expressed your support for us through our adoption process. Thank you.
Your support has been so meaningful. We hope to introduce you to Henry soon!
Blake & Christi
