Thursday, July 24, 2008

Pray for those waiting

Adoption is beautiful, emotional, fulfilling, and unknown. Putting your dossier together is such a busy event full of excitement and a sense of purpose. You rush to get your dossier complete and then you come to a grinding halt -- stuck in drive -- waiting for a referral. I personally know of 5 families that are in the waiting stage. But that's just families I know; there are so many families out there waiting. When waiting, there's an anticipation, expectation, and hope that something will take place. But it's hard when it's unknown, and you have no control over the process.

God's timing is perfect. As human beings, knowing and believing that, it's still very hard. Please pray for all of the adoptive families out there. Lift them up. Pray for strength, hope and peace during this time.

God Bless!

8 comments:

Football and Fried Rice said...

How sweet are you? I just love being able to pray for those in the wait! it IS hard, but God;s timing is not only perfect, it can't be thwarted. We will wait. As long as it takes.

Marla said...

What a touching post. We will continue lifting all the waiting families up in prayer and know that God's timing is perfect.

Patty said...

We are days away from submitting our dossier and coming to that proverbial "screeching halt"..thanks for the prayers! We too will be praying for those waiting.

Carolin said...

Thank you Felicia, prayers are most appreciated!

Leslie said...

Very Very sweet post Felicia. I'm praying.

Anonymous said...

What a sweet post. In our little corner of the "adoption" world, we all know how it feels to wait, the unknowns, the red tape...and it's so nice to have these same people out there praying for God's perfect timing for our families. Thank you!

This is so much better than what I normally hear..."So haven't you heard anything yet, it's been like years, hasn't it?!" ;)

Maree said...

Thanks for your prayers, watching and waiting for our Kate!

a Tonggu Momma said...

Thank you so much for those prayers!!! We all need them, don't we? God has been teaching me amazing lessons these past two years, but it's still a difficult process. All prayers are greatly appreciated!