Contentment

Well, thought it would be a good idea to update the blog regarding our adoption. Unfortunately, there is not much to tell. We have been on the "waiting list" now for about 5 months and have officially passed the one year mark from when we started the process. We still do not have our own adoption worker here in Champaign, but our agency is hoping to hire someone new around the graduation time as there may be many qualified candidates from the university. We have been working closely with the intern through the Bloomington office and really like her a lot. She ran the February and March support group and did a great job of balancing some teaching and discussion among those of us adopting. The one thing I really like about her is she and her husband plan on adopting one day, so I feel like she is "one of us." She will be at our April meeting, but it will be her last. :(

I continue to be stretched to remember that God is in complete control of this adoption. He knows who our future son or daughter is, and He knows when the best time for this to happen is. In Sunday School yesterday, we were challenged to enjoy our work here on earth, but to be content with where God has placed us. It is so easy to get into a pattern of always thinking about what's next instead of just enjoying today.

Ecclesiastes 5:18-20

¹⁸ Then I realized that it is good and proper for a man to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in his toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him—for this is his lot. ¹⁹ Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work—this is a gift of God. ²⁰ He seldom reflects on the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with gladness of heart.