Thursday, June 14, 2012

Still waiting....

So...it is a few months short of a year since I have blogged.  I apologize to those who are wondering what is going on and are unsure of how to approach the topic with us.  We are still waiting.  A perpetual cycle of waiting.  We are waiting for an adoption, we are waiting for our condo to sell.  Our lives seem to be summed up in that one word.  So, as we wait, we are wondering what God truely has in store for us.  We are praying and seeking His guidance as we go into our third year of this adoption process.  We renewed our home study last October and are trying to decide what we will do this October.  We would love to have your prayers as we try to have decernment, in the decision to renew or to.........we don't know. 

This maybe the reason I have not blogged.  I am not sure what to say to you all about this process, the hope we seemed to have at the beginning is changing.  Not that we don't have hope that God has a plan for us.  We know that He does, we are just having trouble finding it, in the midst of our desires.

I am trying to find a way to end this positively, so that it does not seem so "Debbie Downerish".  And if you know me at all, you know that I do try to see the upside to most things.  So, it does drive me a little crazy right now to not be able to see positive in this situation.  So, I guess we need you all to pray that God will show us what He has for us, to have peace with whatever that is and see the good in it.

4 comments:

  1. You are loved Matt and Mandy! For you and with you!
    His - Troy

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  2. Thanks for the update! Lifting a prayer. I think God prefers us all clueless...and dependent on HIM for sanity. It's a frustratingly good place to be.

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  3. Mandy, do not give up hope! Today, I am going to a birthday party for a sweet little baby boy. His parents waited for over three years to get him, and in the process endured the coming and going of four sweet baby girls. Each girl was "a sure thing," but eventually was adopted by family members who came out of nowhere. They have dealt with painful years of heartache after heartache, and now have just now been blessed with THREE beautiful children (siblings)whom they will officially adopt in January!

    I know it's difficult to wait and wait and wait. Have hope. Have faith. God knows your sorrow, your pain and your heart's desires. He has a special family waiting for you. I have seen it happen. I will be praying specifically for you and Matt and your family. Hold on to hope!

    Julia

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  4. I'm so glad you posted an update! I've been thinking about you so much! I agree totally with Julia - God has something special in mind just for you. A child(ren) that NEEDS YOU guys as parents! God is GOOD ALL the time :) (Even when things are not clear and make no sense whatsoever...)

    Erin

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