Psalm 37:38, “For the Lord loves justice and will not abandon His faithful ones. They are kept safe forever, but the children of the wicked will be destroyed.”
To say that the last 2 weeks
have been unbearable would be an understatement. Russ and I received some devastating news
about our adoption --- this “news” we are still protecting our three biological
children from hearing at this point.
Being at the end of my rope
emotionally and even spiritually, I forced myself to sit and write every blessing
that has occurred during the last 13 months of our adoption process REGARDLESS
of our heartbreaking situation. I knew God had not left us, I knew we were
called to adopt and at this point I just needed to see that in black and white.
Within minutes, my page was
full and I was on my second then on to my third sheet of paper. Included were things like: Russ 100%
committed to God’s call of adoption for our family, our children are broken for
the poor and the fatherless, deep Godly friendships have been created, our
church is gaining awareness of the orphan crisis and feeling called to
action. Lorie Newman, (check her blog
here http://lorienewmanblog.typepad.com/: ) one of my orphan crazy friends put it best in her text to me last week,
“God wastes nothing.”
After all my blessings were
written, I decided to go back over them and write down a scripture that came to
mind as I read them. One of the first
verses that came to mind was Psalm 37:4, “Take delight in the Lord and He will give you the
desires of your heart.” That is true –
if our passion lines up with His will God will see it to fulfillment. But I needed to see more in Psalms 37…..
1) I was very angry with
people and processes. Satan wants to
destroy families. Therefore, he is
against adoption. People and processes
will be used to stir up anger in order to keep the righteous from walking in
obedience and victory.
Verse 1: do not be agitated
by evil doers
Verse 8: refrain from anger
& give up your rage
2) God will deal with the wicked
and the battle is won.
Verse 2: they wither like
grass
Verse 9: they will be
destroyed
Verse 13: the Lord laughs at
them because the day is coming
Verse 20: the wicked will
perish
Verse 40: transgressors will
be eliminated
3) I still need to do my
part.
Verse 3: trust the Lord and
do what is good
Verse 5: commit my ways to
the Lord
Verse 7: be silent before the
Lord and wait on Him to act
Verse 39: salvation is from
the Lord
4) God will not abandon us OR
our child during this time.
Verse 18: the Lord watches
over the blameless
Verse 23: our steps are
established
Verse 26: we are a blessing
to Him
Verse 28: He will not abandon
His faithful ones
Even though things do not
look at all like we had hoped – we must count our blessings.
