Doors and Windows

When one door closes, look for a window to climb through.

Well, today we got an answer to prayer. Not necessarily the answer we were hoping for but the door was closed and now its time to move on and pray, trust and believe that God has this all under control. I always want to try and be optimistic and positive but this post may end up not being so.

Today was a long day.... work, pick up son (with insane traffic), take him to gymnastics, meet at Costco, head to a party with friends and finally home... Not only was today seeing that door close but I was exhausted! These are hard days and I try so hard to stay positive but sometimes you have to be allowed to feel sad, exhausted, disappointed etc. God doesn't expect us to be perfect and happy and optimistic all the time. We are human. We are allowed to feel emotion. But what I always hope to do is trust and rely on God during those moments of doors being closed, moments of feeling exhausted, moments of fear or questioning. 

He is with us all. the. time. 

On a more positive exciting note--our dossier will be ready to send by Monday!!! Meeting our social worker to sign off on all documents, I photocopied like crazy today to get them all ready and we will put them in the big yellow envelope to send off. This is an exciting time with many questions, wonderings, fears, stress and anticipation. If you are a praying person please consider praying for a few parts of our process:

1. For our child-- wherever he or she may be that they are safe and loved. Pray that during this part of their lives there will be people who can build into them and that they will know the love of Christ.

2. For the officials all involved-- that our paperwork would go through smoothly without any hiccups.

3. For finances-- as many of you know international adoption is a worthwhile investment. We couldn't imagine building our family any other way so as we begin the process of fees pray that finances will come together one way or another. (Stay tuned for some fundraisers)

4. For our family-- prayer for Josh and myself as well as Solomon to prepare ourselves to welcome another little one into our family whom we love so much already! Solomon keeps saying little sister when we talk about it but pray that he will have an understanding when it is really time to meet our little babe.  

Thank you for listening, praying and caring! 

Be Blessed--- when doors close always be ready for something more than you expect. God works in amazing ways!

~shaeline