January 6th, 2011

Thursday. 2:22 p.m.

The good: I've been making some changes to try to get ready (as well as one can get ready) for kids. I've been getting up consistently early to try to adjust my body somewhat for all the lack of sleep that's on the horizon. And I've been exercising each morning, eating better, and studying Scripture (going through a "Bible in a Year" program). I've pretty much always done the Scripture thing, but it's kind of nice having an e-mail reminder telling me what passages to read.

And while we haven't received our referral yet for our adoption, there have been several other families that have been approved...so things are moving! After exercising each morning, before I go to get my shower, I check the e-mail...just in case. What an incredible moment it will be when I see one titled "referral" and Erin and I get to see pictures of our kids for the first time. Tearing up just thinking about it!

I also found myself walking into each our kids rooms this morning to pray for them. Very cool.

The not-so-good: Well, I can't really go into details on here. It's nothing bad, really. Just reality...and a little frustrating / discouraging. BUT, as I told Erin, "If we haven't learned that God is faithful after all we've been through, we are truly dense." We would be complete idiots to think that God is somehow not in control anymore.

Actually, now that I'm writing this out and sorting out my thoughts, I guess it's really been a pretty good week! Funny how you can have so much good in your life and focus solely on the not-so-good, letting it control you.