Monday, January 17, 2011

Baby on the Brain

Baby Sadie is on my mind nonstop.  She is everywhere except in my arms.  Last week in the middle of teaching, I couldn't stop glancing at Ethiopia on the giant wall map.  It looks so far away.  I have its geography memorized- I know every country and body of water surrounding it.  Every time I get a letter or email, I feel like I at least have something to hold onto.  Then it wears off and I'm ready for more news.  I have to wait another one and a half months for USCIS/Homeland Security to finish processing my paperwork.  In the meantime, I'm trying to keep myself busy...  And I've been talking to God nonstop.  I know that He is at the center of this adoption and that His promises are good.
For as the soil makes the sprout come up and a garden causes seeds to grow, so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness and praise spring up before ALL Nations (Isaiah 61:11). 

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Thank you, Dr. King

Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.




---Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.






Thank you, Dr. King for following Jesus.  Praise Him for those who paved the way, so that parents could adopt God's children regardless of the color of our skin.