obedience!?!?!

WOW! how quickly everything can change! 

exactly a year ago... five of us boarded a plane to Brazil...

leaving my step-son and a semi-permanent house guest behind...

to unite with others?!

 

one simple step of obedience...

has led us to a whirlwind of change.

all His perfect plan... but filled with plenty of challenges!

 

i'd like to tell you that it has all been a bed of roses...

but that would be a lie!

while we've been dancing barefoot through the rose garden 

we've endured some scratches and cuts along the way...
however, its nothing that a dose of God's Word can't heal!

our year has seen...
June 2012 completed one adoption... age 13,
Nov 2012 completed second adoption... age 13,
Mar 2013 completed adoption three and four... ages 11 & 15...
and i'll answer what your thinking...
no we don't smoke crack!

(mothers day update :)

we are a simple family with a simple vision...
honor the Lord with our lives by simply obeying what He asks of us and
doing our best to bring Him Glory as we strive to love like Jesus!

moment of complete honesty...

today alone... i have completely lost it on two of my kids,

been completely annoyed with a third;

told one not to ask another question i did not understand...

while telling another that they were big enough to fix their own dinner,

and a siblings while they were at it...

AND...
if that were not enough...

i stated to another that i quit today so wait and ask your father!

so i absolutely win the mom award (bahaha)!

 

but before you call DHR...

please know that i did it all "in love"

(isn't that how we are told to handle all things)!

 

NOTHING about being stretched feels good,

but i know it is for my good and for His Glory!
obedience is hard, regardless of the orders...

but every time i believe i cannot do it for another day...

God's strength sustains me yet again!

 

our days are full of lots of things just like yours...
visits to the school, counseling, drs visits, dentist visits,

lots of food and heightened emotions...

loads of frustration with mom and dad,

unbelievable frustration with rules,

and uncountable moments of prayer!!

interesting thing is...
the harder the day and the greater the cost of obedience...
the deeper i lean into the Lord...
but He knew that about me already!

"For i know the plans i have for you, declares the Lord...
plans to prosper you not to harm you,
plans to give you a hope and a future."  Jeremiah 29:11

Regardless of what we face today...
Oh how He loves you and me!!