My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside. Job 23:11 Friends, we have followed the path. We stuck it out through moments of fear, crushing doubt, and pure elation. I am thankful that we were never alone. Aside from God leading us through every tentative step, we have had several come alongside us, loving us, praying for us, and supporting us in a variety of ways. Yesterday we completed our interview with our case worker and today culminated with our home study. We were asked questions covering all sorts of topics.
And on and on... They were good questions. Things that needed to be discussed and things that I could see playing into placement situations but, wow! I only thought we had been asked to examine ourselves prior to this encounter. Before our case worker came to our home this morning, William and I sat in the "kid's room" and prayed. We prayed for wisdom and strength as His plan continues to make itself known. We asked that He provide understanding in the confusion and inevitable chaos that accompanies working alongside broken homes. We asked that children would see Jesus in our home. That long after they have left and we are forgotten, that they will remember that they were loved. That they heard about a Father that loves them no matter what and is available to them if they only ask. We called on Him to bring us together as a couple and as parents—a title we have never had. That we will lean on each other as our helpmate and that we will turn to Him in all things and ask for help when we need it. Isn't that a hard one? To admit that we can't, and shouldn't, be doing this life all by ourselves. Luckily for us, we have not traveled this path alone. From beautiful friends getting up before sunrise to help us with our garage sale fundraiser, to being surrounded by care notes during a Noonday event, and many of our friends and family "purchasing" puzzle pieces which will help lead us to our missing piece, they have played a vital role getting us to this stage as well. As I sat across from our social worker and tried to answer her questions asking us to describe our community and the level of support we had, I couldn't stop my voice from cracking. Whatever this will look like, however this unfolds, we will forever be immensely grateful for all of the hearts that have come alongside and walked this road with us—whether it was for a minute or a few miles. I know it feels like the journey has been long, but we are only just beginning! xoxo
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Lorene
4/4/2019 03:42:37 pm
Bravery is to see what is before you and stare it down. Love and godliness does the rest. All my love, prayers and support on this journey. Lorene 🙏🏼😌❤️
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