This summer I have been (slowly) doing a bible study called "No Other Gods" by Kelly Minter. I have identified two of my "gods"- comfort and control. I feel God using this adoption to teach me...over and over and over...that I am not in control. He is. I know it in my mind, but I feel so much better when I think it's me. Nothing has been easy about this whole process. The little things- the things no one else seems to have a problem with- have smacked me down. Our dossier seems to be lost somewhere between Indiana and Georgia and I can't talk to a single person who can help me today. So very frustrating. But God knows. I know He has a plan. And I know she will be worth it.
On Sunday our Life Group worked at the Ronald McDonald House in Nashville. It was wonderful. Those families know who is in control. While some cooked breakfast others cleaned, dumped pull tabs into big containers and prayed over rooms the families stayed in. David and a few others "worked the room." Not a natural tendency for David, but that's probably why God gave him the opportunity. He shared communion with one man and listened to several others share their stories. A man from Kentucky was visiting his brother's child and staying at the RMH for the weekend. He & David began to talk- he and his wife had recently adopted their daughter from China. Before we left, the man (we didn't even get his name) came into the living room and handed David some money...for our daughter. It brought tears to our eyes and immediately humbled me. We cannot outgive God. We spent a morning trying to show His love to hurting families and He turned right around and showed His love in such a beautiful way. I'll never forget it.
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