I think we've been waiting 36 weeks today. I have to be honest. I have kind of lost track. I just know that we sent our paperwork on June 3rd, 2008. Honestly, that seems like a VERY LONG time ago. ;)
First, let's start with the positive:
* God is faithful (duh). He has answered a HUGE prayer that Nate and I have been praying lately, and we want to make sure He gets all the credit. Go God! :) (Is that cheesy? My 8th grade cheerleader side tends to come out every now and then--sorry about that.)
* Nate and I have really grown over these past 36 weeks (ok, Nate was already much more mature than me, but hey . . . ). We have learned to trust God more and more and to be faithful in prayer, even when it's really hard. We have learned that when our Treasure is in Christ, NOTHING can rob us of our joy. NOTHING. We have learned that our future family is completely GOD'S, not ours, and we are so thankful that HE is in charge, not us. We have learned that WE NEED EACH OTHER, not just our marriage alone, but we need our friends and family, too. And we have learned that God loves our future son EVEN MORE THAN WE DO (hard to imagine, I know) and we can FULLY TRUST HIM to take care of his every single need, every single day. REALLY GOOD STUFF!!!
Now, onto the not-so-positive. :)
Honestly, today has been a really hard "waiting" day. Granted, it's super rainy and dreary here today, so that never helps. I have just been really restless all day long, catching myself actually STARING at my phone . . . like that's going to make it ring. Geesh, Stef. Get a grip. One thing I've learned in this journey is that some days are harder than others--and that's okay. Just thought I would share that today's been one of the harder ones. This, too, shall pass. :)
Here's something fun to leave you with.
Top Ten Things that have happened since our DTE, June 3rd
10. I finally joined facebook.
9. Nate took me on a FREAKING AWESOME surprise date. (see last post)
8. My sweet friend, Nakada had TWINS!!!!
7. My sweet friend, Em, found out she's having a BOY! Yay for boys!
6. Nate and I got to go with the Ransons to FLORIDA!
5. Our future son got his first Christmas gifts from our family this year! So fun!
4. My niece played in her first piano recital! She rocked! Go Halle!
3. My nephew got the coolest hairdo ever! Jayce, you are so happenin'!
2. We got new couches! (p.s. A fun new paint job is in the works for our living room area . . . more to come on that later.)
1. We have completed a 36-week wait that we will NEVER have to complete again! (until the next adoption, of course) :)
Love you all! Thanks for humoring me on this dreary Tuesday afternoon! Now, off to motivate myself to go the gym. Hmm..... I'll believe it when I see it.
6 comments:
Stef you are so wise and have let yourself be refined with such grace. You have a great way of putting it all into words. Know that you're in my prayers! Hugs!
Friend, I just love you. You are such an encouragement to me, and when I worked with Nate he told me many times you were way more "mature" then him. You two are such a pair, perfectly placed together for God's glory (and so we have a really fun couple to hang out with). Love ya.
those hard days, stink!!! Our news will be coming, just not when we thought it would. I have no real answer but to say ,I feel the same way you do...
Honey please, I check blogs so often, I live through other peoples excitement, since I don't have my own to share....No worries, I do hope we get to travel together, wouldn't that be fun. Still hoping lots of good news comes our way....Hang in there with me sister!!!!
thank you for being such a completely awesome example of a Godly woman! I just love ya!
Tomorrow would be so great, I thought the same thing. An early Valentines present. I will totally Glitter up tomorrow, Im a hairdresser, I can make it work...You do the same, I'm saying extra prayers tonight.....
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