A New Motto and A New Look!

Well a friend of mine, Pam,  posted this on Facebook.  It has been so tough getting no updates from our agency as we wait.  They are not suppose to update us, mind you.  We are just so anxious!  We do receive updates regarding our missing paperwork that is necessary for Embassy from a friend in the same boat in Ethiopia.  Do the updates help?  Ummm not sure on that one.  Ignorance is bliss sometimes!  But I can tell you that it is so tough trying to rest in the Lord and know that our little one will be home when he is ready. 

We put both girls in Sarah's room this weekend and began the process of doing up the "Girls" room.  Hopefully we can all agree on a color.  Hannah wants yellow and Sarah wants lavender.  The plan is do to the "girls" room and move them into it.  Then we can work on Joshua's room.  We are finally allowing ourselves to do something. 

So.....my new motto:

Philippians 1:12-18

While under house arrest, Paul wrote his letter to the Philippians. The apostle could receive visitors but couldn’t travel. Despite living in a home, Paul was more than likely chained to a Roman soldier 24 hours a day. Moreover, because he knew that a trial was years away, these were his living conditions for the foreseeable future—perhaps for the rest of his life.

Under such circumstances, Paul might have been tempted to cry out to heaven for release. After all, God had called him to preach, to disciple believers, and to reach the Gentiles. But he was stuck in Rome, unable to plant new churches or visit those whom he was nurturing by letter. Beside being unjust, the imprisonment was keeping him from important work. Surely, if anyone had a right to gripe, it was Paul, who’d endured persecution, shipwreck, and beatings for the gospel. Yet he never once complained. His letter to the church at Philippi is filled with rejoicing, as focusing on God let him live above his circumstances (Phil. 4:8).

The more we talk and complain about a situation, the worse it looks, until the problem looms larger in our mind than our faith does. Conversely, carrying challenges straight to God keeps matters in perspective. The Lord is bigger than any hardship. On His strength, we rise above the difficulty.

Problems can look so big and unwieldy that they distort our perspective. God invites us to live above our circumstances by fastening our eyes upon Him. The trials of this life shrink when compared to our loving, powerful Lord, who exercises His might in defense of His people.


As a result, I am not discussing this anymore.  I am going to pray about it...and pray some more.  SO when you ask...."It is in God's Hands not mine. " 

I am planning on fasting on Wednesday for orphans all over the world.  I will have more info on that tomorrow.  Please consider joining me.

Praying.....

Joshua 1:5-9

 ⁵ No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live. For I will be with you as I was with Moses. I will not fail you or abandon you.

 ⁶ “Be strong and courageous, for you are the one who will lead these people to possess all the land I swore to their ancestors I would give them. ⁷ Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the instructions Moses gave you. Do not deviate from them, turning either to the right or to the left. Then you will be successful in everything you do. ⁸ Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do. ⁹ This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

My dear friend, Shannon sent this to me today.  I will hold on to it.  I really wish we were receiving some kind of official update but in the meantime...I will use this as yet another opportunity to lean on the Lord and clean my house.  :-)