The Lord has spoken

God is good, all the time. It was not His will for Tammy to come live with us.  We are heartbroken, but we believe the Lord's hand is upon us.  So many of you have been praying with us and for us and we thank you.  The Lord is faithful and good.  His mercies are new every morning.  He is my rock and my sustainer.  He is everything we need.  He is good.  I thank Him for this journey.  Now I can stop calling adoptions once a month to only be told to wait.  Now I can stop wondering if today will be the day that we will get that call. It's finished, it's over.  That's it !!! In one, 2 minute phone call our year of waiting was over.  So we will continue to do what we've always done and now with even more experience ... we will trust the Lord and seek His plan. 

Thank you for your prayers, cards, texts, emails and calls of encouragement during this time of grief. God is healing our hurt and we are moving on with life.  At this point we have NO plans to pursue adopting another child.  We only got our license to specifically adopt her.  If the Lord sees fit to change our hearts then so be it, but just to let you know that is not OUR plan. 

Life has many different seasons for us to go through; the Lord is teaching me to choose to embrace each one as an opportunity to seek Him and get to know Him more. He loves me, my family, Tammy and you.  He's ways are higher than our ways and His plans are the best. 

 I love this old hymn:

'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus

Louisa M. R. Stead, 1882

1. ’Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
   Just to take Him at His Word;
   Just to rest upon His promise,
   And to know, “Thus saith the Lord!”
   
   • Refrain:
     Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him!
     How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er;
     Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
     Oh, for grace to trust Him more!
2. Oh, how sweet to trust in Jesus,
   Just to trust His cleansing blood;
   And in simple faith to plunge me
   ’Neath the healing, cleansing flood!
3. Yes, ’tis sweet to trust in Jesus,
   Just from sin and self to cease;
   Just from Jesus simply taking
   Life and rest, and joy and peace.
4. I’m so glad I learned to trust Thee,
   Precious Jesus, Savior, Friend;
   And I know that Thou art with me,
   Wilt be with me to the end.