God is soooo good! We have been praying so hard for the past couple weeks about the funds we need to complete our adoption. Just thinking about the amount that we need almost seems impossible at times. But we know that nothing is impossible with God. I especially started praying for our dossier fee of $3,600, which is due when we send our dossier to Ethiopia, which will prayerfully be around January1. We have raised 1,000 of that through the yard sale fundraiser that we had. Yesterday, Matt got a late tax return check for $900!! We were shocked!!! We were supposed to get this check last year, but for whatever reason it never came, and we completely forgot about it. We know this is God pouring His blessings on us and answering our prayers. We plan on putting $700 toward our adoption, and giving the rest back to God, wherever we feel His leading. We are just in awe of God and his goodness! We now have $1,900 to go in meeting our January 1 deadline and $13,300 in meeting our overall costs. We know God will provide. Please specifically pray that we raise the $1,900 by January 1. We appreciate ALL your prayers!!!
This makes me think of the scripture in Ephesians that says: "God decided in advance to adopt us into His family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ... and it gave him great pleasure...He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his son..." ~ Ephesians 1:5,7
Our adoption by God cost us nothing, but it did cost God His Son. Adoption is costly. Whether in finances, emotions, relationships, time, or effort, adoption does cost so much. But I cannot help but think of what it cost God, and how he was so willing to pay that cost for us. He went through so much pain and suffering, but yet He delighted in bringing us into His family. All the obstacles that we face in this adoption cannot compare to the price that Christ paid for us. Jesus came to be a ransom for many (Matthew 20:28), and we know that God will be our guide in ransoming his precious child from her state as an orphan.
