"Life's a dance you learn as you go, sometimes you lead, sometimes you follow..." I heard this refrain on the radio on my way home from work today and hours later I'm still hearing it play in my head. John Michael Montgomery sings that "sometimes you lead, sometimes you follow," but I no longer want to lead. Following a sermon series at church entitled ilead, I know that I need to stop trying to lead my life and follow Him. It's just really hard to give up that control - I know what I want out of life, I want to do what I can to attain it but, well, what I want and God's will aren't always the same thing. If that were so, Matt and I would be anxiously awaiting the birth of our first baby in October - a baby that would be loved, cherished and adored. If it was a boy, he'd have two ready made best friends in Wyatt and Noah and if it was a girl, well an arranged marriage with Wyatt or Noah would be in order. But that was not meant to be...
My arms are empty and some days all that I want to be is a mother holding her baby and other days I'm confident and secure in the fact that God has a child out there waiting for us. It's a delicate dance in my heart, vacillating between feeling weary and longing to feeling loved and secured. I want to be the strong Christian that's completely secure in the path God has her life on and some days I am. But other days I just feel so weak; that one more small blow may knock me off of my feet.
Monday we filled out our pre-application for All God's Children International. Of course we filled out one small section, very IMPORTANT small section incorrectly and now have even more paperwork to fill out. Along with the doctors letters I need to get, an actual application and a personal statement I need to write, we've finally begun our international paperwork. Only God knows how long it will take, but hopefully it won't be too long...
I am so excited that Matt and I have begun this next road in our journey. While the road seems uphill and has a few forks and detours, my heart is at peace in this situation. I'll admit I'm quite nervous; international adoption is expensive, I'll have to travel to a different country (possibly alone) and the process can be very long with lots of daunting paperwork, set backs and delays. But we're ready to take a step of faith, letting go and letting God direct us where He wants us.
And speaking of God's direction...He has put a burning desire for orphans in my heart and with that He has also placed a passionate love for Ethiopia. And when we received back information about our pre-application from AGCI, it included the information that we meet the qualifications to adopt from Bulgaria and...ETHIOPIA! So 7,333 miles away we'll find the beginnings of our family...whether we fly swim or dance across the ocean God will find a way to bring the child he intended for us, to us!
Whether it's slow or fast, the tango or a waltz... this dance called life certainly has a way of keeping me on my toes.
Love & Blessings, Meredith
5 comments:
Congratulations on the first step in this leg of your journey! Praying for you, as always.
Hugs from Illinois!
Your post touches my heart deeply. I too have felt the very same; many years wanting to be a mother and not. God leads us where he wants us to go and I am so excited for you to start your journey! AGCI is a wonderful agency that has God leading all the way! When you finally have that child God has planned for you in your arms; all of this will just melt away and seem like it happened years ago. I was told similar things like this and now that we have been trough the adoption process once and have our daughter I truly understand it. Be dilligent with your paperwork and the time will fly. My hubby and I had started the adoption proces many times before our daughter came home, and my husband feared for the finances but God told him to trust him and they were there! And they have been there again the second time around for us. Praying for you!
www.stammfamily.blogspot.com
www.promiseinethiopia.blogspot.com
Congratulations Meredith & Matt!
I do not know you but when I saw this TITLE I was drawn to read this
7,333 miles of this new journey!
I came for MckLinky but just needed to read this & let you know I will pray for this dance, stay on your toes, and I will believe with you for God making a way clearly to you in this new beginning. I love how you expressed this! And just know you'll be great parents, I love your heart for the "orphans" in need!
We adopted many years ago from within family (2)and now they are grown but I can recall these emotions. Does my heart good!
I am trying to find the words to express what I feel reading your words.... How I relate to every word.
I am so happy for you and your precious child God has chosen for you. He is faithful.... stay the coarse. One day your little one will be in your arms.
Here from the blog hop. Happy 4th! Or should I say Hoppy 4th?!
Post a Comment