One Sought Me

In an earlier post I was visiting a passage in James that encourages us in the midst of trials to "consider" it, or to BRING IT to JOY.  Visit here to read .  Today, I'd like to take a moment to soak in the following verse. James 1:4 "But endurance must do its complete work, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing."  Endurance.  When I hear that word the first thing that comes to my mind is running.  When I was in high school I ran on the track team - A distance runner.  Not by any means great at it, but my basketball and volleyball coach was also the track coach.  She encouraged us all to run on the track team in order to keep our bodies active and in shape for the other sports too.  Made sense. Track was my least favorite.  Dressed in the uniform of short shorts and a tank top and running with snow flurries flying just isn't enjoyable for me.  I don't know? I am crazy?   I remember one track meet i...

Welcome March! Here we go for another month of waiting.  You know what?  We've been waiting awhile now, SEVEN full months now to be exact, and started the application process in Dec. 2012.  Waiting for news about the adoption process, waiting for a referral to see our little ones faces, but you know what.  Our "waiting" is done.  No, now don't get too excited, we don't have a referral and have heard no news besides to wait some more....but during this wait, God has revealed to us so many wonders of His love, amazing people, stories, and truths that we have soaked into our souls, that I can't call this "waiting" anymore.  It's more like this is LIVING!   Recently, I won't deny, that it has been a bit of a downer to hear that there is more time ahead of us in the adoption process, (you can read about that by clicking here ) but over the month we have been praying and seeking what the Lord has for us NOW, the LIVING part of actively wait...