Home Study Checked Off!

On February 9th 2013 Todd and I had completed all of our requirements and paperwork and visits for our home study to be complete. We started late December and booked full our January with appointments to get the process completed. All to hurry up and wait. Under our contract with the home study agency they had up to 90 days to complete the report and have it to us. Well, today is day 87 and after a few pressing e-mails and phone calls to "remind" them of this contract, tah-dah our home study is finally in the mail to us and due to arrive on Friday, day 90.

My bible verse this morning, before I got this great news, was this:

2 Corinthians 4:18 "So we don't look at the troubles we can see now; rather we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever."

With a commentary of this: "Sometimes you make checklists for yourself to help you feel in control of your life....The problem is that there is never an end to these lists. The harder you try to make everything just right, the more frustrated you become. You won't find peace and security in this world, because this world is imperfect and things don't last forever. Only I (God) am perfect. Only I (God) am forever. So bring your checklists to me (God)...."

Such a great reminder that there are mistakes made and contract limits pushed, but God is in control and paper work never piles up on His desk. He is always at work, never resting, never a busy signal on the phone or tied up at the computer, never making mistakes, but always just and true and on time!

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