Weekly people approach me wondering if we have heard any news on our precious boys.  With a heavy heart I always have the same answer, "Not yet.  We are still waiting on paper work."  This use to lay heavy on my heart, but then I started giving it back to the Lord.  I know that this is not my time or Russell's time, but it will be in God's time that our boys come home.  John 14:27 says, "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.  I do not give to you as the world gives.  Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid."  God has given me a gift.  It is a gift of peace.

God does not want me to be consumed with time lines, delays or worry.  He wants me to be filled with His peace.  If I become consumed with the other, my heart will be heavy and I will not be able to hear His calling on my life.  "'Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet My unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor My covenant of peace be removed,' says the Lord, who has compassion on you," (Isaiah 54:10).  Is that not beautiful?  God has an unfailing love for me!  UNFAILING!  His love will never fail.  And that gift of peace will not be removed.  Why?  Because my God has compassion for me!  God not only delights in me, but He also has compassion for me!  He seeks me out.  If I am heavy with burdens, doubts and worries, I can not have that experience with God. 

I have prayed that our boys would have a sense of peace about them; that somehow they would know that we are trying to bring them home.  Isaiah 54 goes on to say, "All your sons will be taught by the Lord, and great will be your children's peace," (verse 13).  From so many families whom have adopted from ACFI, I have heard how their children have such a deep faith.  I know that our boys are being taught by the Lord.  I sense that they are filled with an inner peace.  God is so good!

I encourage you today to not be heavy hearted, but to find peace in God.  "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest," (Matthew 11:28).  The Lord does not want to see us in this state of mind.  He wants to give you the gift of peace.  Impossible, you say.  "Everything is possible for him who believes," (Mark 9:23). 

So today, as I do daily, I lift my boys up to my Heavenly Father and I ask Him to watch over my boys.  I ask that He provides for their needs and fill their hearts with a sense of peace.  I pray, too, that you may be given this special gift.....God's Peace!

Blessings to your day, My Friends!