Encouragement and Confirmation

So last week I was eating lunch with a fellow host and soon-to-be adoptive mom and she was talking about how last week-they suddenly realized that they had $3000 due on the rest of their host fees coming up at the end of the month. So they quickly started praying (and worrying) and then were blessed with donations in the full amount in only a few days. She was saying what an encouragement it was, especially to her husband, being more financially minded, to be able to see God's blessing on the path that they have taken. It was wonderful to hear her story, but to tell the truth I went home feeling a little sorry for myself-we still had $1900 in host fees to raise plus our adoption costs. (Which is coming up in only a few months!)

So I was feeling a bit sorry for myself and when I got home I went to the mailbox and was so pleasantly surprised (and blessed) to see that we had received an adoption grant for $1500! It was so so encouraging to get that little confirmation from God that we are on the right path and that He is in control. (Especially considering the fact that we have our first dossier fee of $1000 due in the next few weeks and that was PERFECT timing for that). It always pays to remember that God's timing is SO much better than ours, and that sometimes He likes to do things at the last minute! We also received an anonymous donation toward our hosting of $300 that night! So I am staying focused on the fact that God is in control and he knows where our last $1600 is going to come from! We are joining with 2 other families for a fundraiser garage sale on Saturday, so please keep that in your prayers. We don't have a TON of stuff but I am hoping and praying that we will be successful with what we DO have.

Psalms 37- Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun. Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.' 



Isaiah 40:31-But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.



Luke 18:27- But he said, “What is impossible with men is possible with God.”



Habakkuk 2:3-For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.