Category Archives: Inspirational As Valentine’s approaches…I am reminded of the one who persues me with an everlasting love… “I have loved you with an everlasting love and I will continue my constant love” Jeremiah 31:3 His love is forever. It is constant. It will never stop. Be still…feel His love embracing you… “The mountains may depart and the […] Today’s Scripture Reading: Job 22:1-25:6 Chapter 22 We start today’s reading with Eliphaz’s third response to Job…and his opinion of Job hasn’t changed at all. His friends continue to chastise and degrade him…telling Job again and again that if he would just turn from his wicked ways, his problems would disappear. Can you imagine Job’s […] LOL! You and I put the same Isaiah verse on our posts today! We are so alike! Wow! Powerful words Andrea, thank you! I’m so excited to be back on track…I was reading away while I was gone–and it’s probably a blessing that the retreat didn’t have the internet…but blogging the readings truly is such good accountability! Don’t you need it?! I know I do!!! And wanna see the Lord work powerfully in your life? I DO! To […] Thank you Andrea for your honest words…they inspire me! I agree that when you are in His word daily, He speaks to you and guide you in ways that you may have missed otherwise just by not being close enough to Him to recognize His voice! Thank you for sharing Megan! What a beautiful testimony of being in His Word! Oh, yes! I am so glad you posted about Frankie. I followed their blog for about a month and learned all about Haitian adoptions through them, then I deleted it for some reason. Then all this happened and I wondered what happened to that family, but I could not remember the blog name or the child’s name,so I could not find it on the internet. I was thrilled to hear that he is ok and how neat that Diane Sawyer picked him up and they were able to be on ABC to spread the word. So amazing! I started crying when I saw this! Praise Jesus! Thanks for sharing!  Another sweet piece of our adoption story… What a joy and a blessing to be able to retreat this weekend at a Cup of Joy (www.cupofjoy.org) ministry retreat, yet I really missed writing about my daily scripture reading (BUT it was SOOOOO good this weekend if you are reading along, wasn’t it?!). Jesus retreated away […] He is so awesome! What a beautiful testimony of His faithfulness! Wow…what a gorgeous place to retreat! So glad you were filled up and refreshed this weekend! WOW…amazing how God confirms it over and over through scripture to us all about us adopting and specifically how He chose to remind you that your specific call is to ethiopia…amazing…truly awesome! God is so great! Thanks for this post…it was an uplifting post for me…we are leaving here soon its 4am to go to the childrens hospital for my 10 year old nieces skull surgery so i am indeed refreshed by reading your post! Thanks! Love it Andrea! I am always so amazed when God becomes so personal. He hears our hearts and questions and answers in such a sweet tender way. I bet you were bawling…Geez…Hope you had tissues with you! Such a beautiful reminder that God has you where you are to be. Right inside His will. Again, I love how God uses situations to bless us. WOW! That is so beautiful and just like our God to give us exactly what we need to confirm His will in our lives. wow! i don’t know why i’m amazed when our God shows Himself like that… I just love God moments like this… we call them “YEAH God” moments .. seeing how he works through every detail is just beyound our comprehension. Thanks for sharing your powerful message .. how quickly we lose perspective while busy with all the small stuff! WOw! So neat! I got chills and I was crying too when I read this! God truly does meet us where we need him! What a special blessing! I cannot believe the verse said Orphan and Ethiopia! Amazing! What a beautiful way to be refreshed…by God’s AMAZING word!!!! I have been feeling refreshed because of some awesome words He has given me as well. How GREAT it is to be in His Word & in His Will! I just have tears streaming down my face. I know this so well… it reminds me of how God orchestrated our own adoption from Russia, and how he would use Scripture or even people to come across my path to remind me that he was still “in” this even though there was no movement. He was still orchestrating everything behind the scenes for us to adopt our son. I love how he orchestrated that Scripture reading just for you. Isn’t He awesome??? I just love that the translation you had is the one that references Ethiopia. I grabbed my Bible to check mine and it didn’t have it. I love it! There is a wonderful song by Steven Curtis Chapman called “Believe Me Now” and whenever I heard that song I would remember all the times God would whisper in my ear… “I’m in this, I’m right here.” It minstered to me so much. I left my family blog here, but the address to our adoption blog is http://www.stepbystep2russia.blogspot.com You’ll find that song and a photo slide show of our son. Thank you for such a blessing to read today. Such a wonderful devotion! God bless you as you wait on God’s timing for your next little child. […] IT CRAZILY LINED up for me to read a piece of scripture…Psalm 82-87. You can read the post here The Lord assured me through the verses like Psalm 84:3 Even the sparrow has found a home, and the […] […] …when I LONGED for you so deeply and wondered if we were in the right place waiting…and the Lord so clearly spoke to me through scripture…oh such a sweet story you can read here […]  OK—first before I get going…for those of you who are (YAY! SO EXCITED!) going to be accountability with me in 2010 in the chronological 1 year read through of the Bible (see previous post if you haven’t already! And join us!)–someone made a GREAT suggestion to post a link we could ALL print off to […] awesome post my friend!! that is a FABULOUS new born shot!! The wait was easy for me UNTIL I got to the #1 spot..and there I sat FOREVER!! I lost all patience and thought I’d throw up every day…THEN…losing referral was HARD…then waiting the 3 extra weeks to get LLM’s referral was EXCRUCIATING!! (sp?) THEN, it was hard all the way up until I boarded the plane…then I could deep breathe and finally relax…crazy, but yes, so worth it 🙂 kj Kristi–honestly, the Lord continues to use those of YOU who have traveled this road before to REMIND me how HIS plan and wait is WORTH it! Seeing those chubby cheeks and BIG happy smile on LLM’s face…SO WORTH THE WAIT. I love how God brings others in our lives at the perfect time to remind us…and He has been using you in my life during this journey and others who have traveled this road to remind me of His perfect plan…so I wait with joy:)…most of the time;) Thank you for sharing your heart. Your story is much like our story with Ryann. I posted it a couple of few weeks ago. I think that God has been aligning our lives to make this journey together and we will forever be friends. I agree sweet Amy! So funny how similar our stories are…and even crazier that we are right beside one another in line! And even crazier that our family lives in Columbia, TN…so getting our babies together during special holidays and visits will be so much fun!!! I remember reading your story of Ryann a few weeks ago and smiling that it reminded me of ours!!! XOXO! Well, I wasn’t on an adoption waiting list, but the month it took after our in-vitro was the LONGEST one of my life. When we found out that not even one of our 4 babies (embryos) made was probably one of the hardest things I have ever dealt with. Talk about crying, I was a basket case for quite a while. But thankfully, we serve an on-time God who knew there was going to be a sweet lady who was pregnant and couldn’t raise her baby. Had even one of the 4 babies survived, I wouldn’t have my Sam and my life wouldn’t be anywhere as wonderful as it is with him in it. God already knows your baby and the exact time He will give him/her to you. I too am not a patient person, but God’s timing is perfect and He is smiling at you right now even through your tears and impatience. Know that I love you and cannot wait to meet baby #4!!!!! Pam–thank you so much for your words of encouragement!!! I think of Mr.Sam ALL THE TIME…and what a MIRACLE he is!!! I love seeing pictures of your sweet family and how full of JOY you ALL are…so complete! The Lord has done great things for you!!! I am so thankful to be a part of your story and to have you a part of mine! Love you sweet cousin! I am so in for the Bible reading! Really excited about this! Oh, and that is by far the cutest announcment ever :)Could just eat him up! I don’t think I’ve commented to tell you I’m reading with ya:) I have a few fbook friends reading with us, too! |
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That is filled with sweetness! Both in words and pictures!
oh, too sweet!! 🙂 kj
AMEN!!!!!!!