Love this! Thanks so much for sharing. It is so true that God is in the long game- for our good and his glory, but it is certainly challenging in the waiting. We had an adoption fall through many years ago. We were in our daughter's life frim the time she was born until she was two years old. It was hearbreaking, and we thought we would never see her again or have a relationship with her. Twelve years later, God orchestrated a number of events to bring us all together, and we have been able to be a part of her life and her family's life for the last four years. Oh, the wonders and blessing of God!
You have an amazing story! Thank you for sharing it. I can't imagine the grief you felt when she was taken away. I'm seeing over and over that when it seems God is not moving, years later I see how he was perfectly orchestrating everything. Someday, I'd like to hear the details of this story in person.
Thanks Patty! So encouraging to hear the great news!! Waiting is hard! But God continues to remind me to be patient, he is working! I waited until my mid 30s to get married and God gave me a man who is faithful to him, me, our family and has a heart to serve others. I waited to have a child after a couple of miscarriages and I was already a geriatric pregnancy age but then God gave me a precious daughter. More recently I've been waiting for years to find a couple to come lead our college ministry in the church we lead and they are moving in tonight! God is faithful.
Congratulations on finding a couple to lead your campus ministry! That is great news. I agree with you, waiting is so hard. You've definitely experienced your share of it. Sometime I'd love to hear more about what you've learned from it. Thanks for sharing.
You are an inspiration. Sometimes you just need to jump the counter!
My husband hearing me trying to communicate with someone concerning medical care told me I was being too nice. I’m going to work on calming expressing myself instead of holding it inside!
“and the peace of God which transcends understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” We can feel peace from God in any and all circumstances.
Thanks, Patty! I’ve realized that I’m often most impatient in seasons of grief, which has deeply convicted me of the need to let myself grieve in a timely, honest way. When I saw Moses strike the rock right after losing his sister in Numbers 20, and David nearly go on a cold-blooded revenge run in 1 Samuel 25 after Samuel died, I started to recognize a pattern. Grief left unprocessed can show up in some really destructive ways. I have a specific memory a day or two after a dear friend passed away, physically tired and grieving - I wanted to flip off (didn’t, praise God) a driver for cutting me off (but DID drive really close to let the driver know I wasn’t happy - hate when car bullies do that) and then got super frustrated with a young attendant at a movie theater when he got my ticket wrong all during a date with my youngest son. Grateful for grace and opportunities to grieve with God!
Your post is exceptionally timely for me right now. I’m in a holding pattern out of town, waiting for several stars to align before I can go back home. I’m a planner by nature—pathological, some might say—and none of this is in my control. The circumstances that brought me here are far heavier, but the waiting and uncertainty are still their own kind of hard.
I really appreciate your hindsight and how clearly you can now see God orchestrating something beautiful, even when you couldn’t. I'll be borrowing your faith for a bit and start looking for all that God is doing—not the least of which is stretching me beyond what I thought was my limit.
Wow. This builds my faith. To think that God is working quietly in the background and we don't ..or can't.. see it until the time is right- and then everything comes together in a way that we can only marvel and know that it was God all along. I'm so sorry for all that you and the whole family have gone through but I also thank you so much for your vulnerability in being willing to share it with us - so that we can witness real life faith at work today- you inspire me and God inspires me.
Love this! Thanks so much for sharing. It is so true that God is in the long game- for our good and his glory, but it is certainly challenging in the waiting. We had an adoption fall through many years ago. We were in our daughter's life frim the time she was born until she was two years old. It was hearbreaking, and we thought we would never see her again or have a relationship with her. Twelve years later, God orchestrated a number of events to bring us all together, and we have been able to be a part of her life and her family's life for the last four years. Oh, the wonders and blessing of God!
You have an amazing story! Thank you for sharing it. I can't imagine the grief you felt when she was taken away. I'm seeing over and over that when it seems God is not moving, years later I see how he was perfectly orchestrating everything. Someday, I'd like to hear the details of this story in person.
Thanks Patty! So encouraging to hear the great news!! Waiting is hard! But God continues to remind me to be patient, he is working! I waited until my mid 30s to get married and God gave me a man who is faithful to him, me, our family and has a heart to serve others. I waited to have a child after a couple of miscarriages and I was already a geriatric pregnancy age but then God gave me a precious daughter. More recently I've been waiting for years to find a couple to come lead our college ministry in the church we lead and they are moving in tonight! God is faithful.
Congratulations on finding a couple to lead your campus ministry! That is great news. I agree with you, waiting is so hard. You've definitely experienced your share of it. Sometime I'd love to hear more about what you've learned from it. Thanks for sharing.
You are an inspiration. Sometimes you just need to jump the counter!
My husband hearing me trying to communicate with someone concerning medical care told me I was being too nice. I’m going to work on calming expressing myself instead of holding it inside!
Ha I love that response….and to my chagrin….i’d already be writing about me doing just that!
I love Phil. 4:4-7, which ends with:
“and the peace of God which transcends understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” We can feel peace from God in any and all circumstances.
Thanks, Patty! I’ve realized that I’m often most impatient in seasons of grief, which has deeply convicted me of the need to let myself grieve in a timely, honest way. When I saw Moses strike the rock right after losing his sister in Numbers 20, and David nearly go on a cold-blooded revenge run in 1 Samuel 25 after Samuel died, I started to recognize a pattern. Grief left unprocessed can show up in some really destructive ways. I have a specific memory a day or two after a dear friend passed away, physically tired and grieving - I wanted to flip off (didn’t, praise God) a driver for cutting me off (but DID drive really close to let the driver know I wasn’t happy - hate when car bullies do that) and then got super frustrated with a young attendant at a movie theater when he got my ticket wrong all during a date with my youngest son. Grateful for grace and opportunities to grieve with God!
Your post is exceptionally timely for me right now. I’m in a holding pattern out of town, waiting for several stars to align before I can go back home. I’m a planner by nature—pathological, some might say—and none of this is in my control. The circumstances that brought me here are far heavier, but the waiting and uncertainty are still their own kind of hard.
I really appreciate your hindsight and how clearly you can now see God orchestrating something beautiful, even when you couldn’t. I'll be borrowing your faith for a bit and start looking for all that God is doing—not the least of which is stretching me beyond what I thought was my limit.
Thank you for sharing this, Patty!
Wow. This builds my faith. To think that God is working quietly in the background and we don't ..or can't.. see it until the time is right- and then everything comes together in a way that we can only marvel and know that it was God all along. I'm so sorry for all that you and the whole family have gone through but I also thank you so much for your vulnerability in being willing to share it with us - so that we can witness real life faith at work today- you inspire me and God inspires me.