God, I'm not trying to rule the roost, I don't want to be king of the mountain. I haven't meddled where I have no business or fantasized grandiose plans. I've kept my feet on the ground, I've cultivated a quiet heart. Like a baby content in its mother's arms, my soul is a baby content. Wait, Isreal, for God. Wait with hope. Hope now; hope always! - Psalm 131, The Message.
"Hope now; hope always!" A powerful sentence to reflect upon. Where does your hope come from? As the psalmist says, my hope comes from the Lord. We anchor our life in the hope of Christ Jesus. We worship Him with thankful hearts and through Him we shall have abundant life. God surrounds us with love daily and we put our hope and trust in Him. It is that hope and trust that we cling to daily.
We have had an interesting week. A week that no doubt has God's finger print on it. A week of confusion. A week of emotions. A week of hope.
God has surrounded us with wonderful family and friends. Words can not describe the appreciation we have for you! We also know God has something special for us (Mandy and I). We do not know what that will be or when that will be. But we pray and thank God for all He has done for us. We pray for the child that He will uniquely place in our lives. We know you pray for us. We encourage you to not only pray for us; but for us to have patience for God's time; to give him total control; but also pray for that Birth mother that will make a very difficult decision. Pray that God will surround her with a sense of comfort, love, and hope for the child she bears.
As noted at the beginning of this post, we put our hope in Him. This week we learned that all the profiles we gave to the adoption agency were passed out. It's easy to look at this and say 10 families looked at us but we were not chosen, how depressing. I'd rather look at this and say, we have been considered by 10 families, what a blessing to be able to be part of their journey. Personally, I think they like our profiles because of all the Notre Dame pics. I mean who would not want a child to be part of a family so embraced with the heart of the Irish. Is there really anything more adorable than a little Irish football player or Cheerleader...I doubt it! And, Of Course, a Notre Dame Education is unparrelled. Where was I...oh, we have been blessed to have all our profiles shown...it gives us hope. For that we thank God. We'll be sending more to the agency this week.
We also learned of a unique situation this week that clearly illustrates the power of sharing our story. For privacy purposes we will not disclose names. We learned of a young women in Illinois who recently gave birth to a little girl. She is working with an adoption agency in Illinois. However, through our connections we have forward our profile to her pastor. We do not know what will come of this, but we do know that there are many people praying for this situation. We ask that you pray for this little girl. Pray that God will surround her with love and comfort. We ask that you pray for this young women as she continues to process this difficult decision. Pray that God embraces her and fills her with His love and guidance. While it would be a wonderful addition to our family, we pray that the little girl is placed with a loving family. That may mean staying with her birth mother, it may mean being placed with another family, it mean the placing the little girl with us. We do not know but He knows. We know He knows the plan He has for this little girl and we pray that His will be done in this situation. We recognize that this may be a step in the journey and we are keeping our emotions at bay.
As you can see, its been an interesting week. We know that God has a plan for us and we know that none of these situations may go in our direction, but we put our hope, our trust, and ourselves in God's hands.
May you be blessed by the riches God brings into your lives. May He continue to show you his unyielding desire to grow closer to you.
Thank you for your prayers, we are blessed!
Matt and Mandy
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