Confirmations

From the very first step in our adoption journey, Cody and I have prayed that we keep our eyes focused on Jesus Christ and His will for our lives.  Before we made the decision to start our family through adoption we were asking God for confirmation that we were making the right choice.  It seemed like every time we received confirmation from Him, we would ask for just one more "sign." (This is where "flesh" comes in!)  I was getting ready to read my Bible one night in bed and before I began reading, I asked God to show me what He wanted me to see/read.  I opened my Bible and immediately my eyes fell on Ephesians 1: 5, "Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself according to good pleasure of His Will."  Now adoption in this scripture is talking about us as God's "adopted" children.  I immediately showed Cody what I was reading, and we were both excited and encouraged to see the word "adoption" in the scripture we were reading.  Later on that night I could not go to sleep because I kept thinking about how the word "adoption" may be in the Bible MANY times, and it "just so happened" that I came across one of those times (Doubting God's confirmation; Devil playing tricks with my mind).  I began to research just how many times the word "adoption" was in the Bible, and it was less than 5 times! WOW! Why do we doubt God so much??

The second big confirmation for us was how quickly we were assigned a social worker, and how quickly all of our paperwork and home study was completed and turned in. We were sure this would take 4-5 months, BUT GOD made a way and everything fell into place perfectly!  We were finished in about 2 months!

The last confirmation was just last night.  We know that adoption is part of God's plan for our lives and it is going to happen, but waiting patiently is not always easy.  Last night I had a VERY vivid dream concerning our adoption.  I won't go into all of the details, but God was definitely present in my dream, and He was performing miracles/super natural things concerning our adoption.  I may not know and understand the meaning of everything in the dream, but I KNOW God was reassuring me once again that IT IS COMING!  This morning I shared a little bit about this dream with my Pastor while going up for prayer.  After prayer, a VERY dear lady to Cody and I and a strong woman of FAITH came up to us and said, "God wants me to tell you, GET READY, and SAVE!  She said, "I don't know what that means, but I had to share it with you."  Cody and I knew exactly what it meant, and it was very encouraging!

With each and every day I grow more and more excited about bringing our baby home.  I know it's coming, and I know it's coming SOON!