I titled this entry as such because of what all those two words mean. I read the following on bible.org:
the Lord Who will see to it that my every need is met. One Who knows my need because He sees. One Who is able to meet my need in just the right time as He did for Abraham, and One Who can meet it fully. For Abraham, it was the ram caught in the thicket that was offered in Isaac's place. For us it is whatever we need.
When doing the bible study The God Who Sees Me, God spoke to me beyond what I could have expected through the story of Abraham, Sarah, Hagar, Ishmael, and Issac. When I first began this study I thought that it was for people who felt like God never "saw" them or heard their prayers, little did I know how much meaning it would have for me.
When Chris and I agreed to move forward with this adoption we had no idea where the money for this baby was going to come from. I mean who has $20,700 just laying around? And due to our in vitro expense we could not get a loan for that amount much less afford the monthly payments when a baby was about to come into our house. We believed that our God would provide for us and we had no idea how or what time frame we just knew He was capable and would do it.
The first amount we needed to pay the lawyer was $8600 the week we needed to pay it we were over $500 short of what we needed to pay it. The following Sunday when we left church we had all the money we needed because people were constantly coming up to us handing us money.
I am getting ready to mail another check for $6600 to the lawyer because that is what we have collected at this time. That puts us ONLY $5500 away from our total amount needed!!!! Isn't that amazing?!?!?! Who is able to raise $15,200 in a matter of 4 months? I know that if God had not blessed it and we could not have. We raised $5500 alone just from 3 yard sales!!
God has most definitely affirmed the fact that He intended us for us to adopt. I am reminded of the old song God Will Make a Way by Don Moen. For those of you who may not know the lyrics they are:
God will make a way
Where there seems to be no way
He works in ways we cannot see
He will make a way for me
He will be my guide
Hold me closely to His side
With love and strength
For each new day
He will make a way
As we are quickly approaching our deadline that ALL our money is due (it is due before we are able to go to California) I have no idea how we are going to get the final $5500 we need but I know my God is in control and He knows and has EVERYTHING under control!!
I love this post! Seeing the adoption expenses for the first time and then wondering where it would come from was a big question in our adoption as well. It was amazing to walk through the experience and now even looking back at how sovereign God was in all of our process . . . and of course the fact that Noah was from where Dan was raised was just icing on the cake. It also strengthened my faith and I often refer back to it when struggling.
ReplyDeleteI remember the day you sat in my living room floor playing with one of my kiddos and I asked you if you guys considered adoption . . . you promptly said you were not wanting to adopt but Chris would in a heart beat. It is just neat to see how God has grown you and in the same how he has carefully guided you into this and loved you! So happy for you guys!!!!